Sanguinolaria tellinoides
| Sanguinolaria tellinoides | |
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| Shell of Sanguinolaria tellinoides from Honduras at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Tellinoidea |
| Family: | Psammobiidae |
| Genus: | Sanguinolaria |
| Species: | S. tellinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Sanguinolaria tellinoides A. Adams, 1850 | |
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Sanguinolaria tellinoides is a species of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Psammobiidae.
Description
Sanguinolaria tellinoides can reach a size of 30-70 mm. It is a facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder.
Distribution
This species is present along the Pacific coast of United States, Mexico and Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador).
References
- Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1
- Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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