Codakia punctata
| Codakia punctata | |
|---|---|
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| Valve of Codakia punctata on display at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Family: | Lucinidae |
| Genus: | Codakia |
| Species: | C. punctata |
| Binomial name | |
| Codakia punctata C. Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Codakia punctata, common name the punctate codakia, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Lucinidae.
This species is found along the coast of Queensland, north Western Australia and Thailand. The shell can reach a size of about 43 millimetres (1.7 in). [1][2][3]
References
- ↑ Biolib
- ↑ Claudio Galli WMSDB - Worldwide Mollusc Species Data Base
- ↑ Clade.ansp
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