Cuspidaria elegans
| Cuspidaria elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalva |
| Order: | Pholadomyoida |
| Family: | Cuspidariidae |
| Genus: | Cuspidaria |
| Species: | C. elegans |
| Binomial name | |
| Cuspidaria elegans (Hinds, 1843)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Cuspidaria elegans is a species of bivalves in the family Cuspidariidae. It is found at 100–200 m in sand and mud. It is reported in Indonesia, Philippines, South China Sea, Taiwan, Xisha Islands, Beibu Gulf.[2] Its Chinese common name is 华美杓蛤, which translates as "colorful scoop clam".
References
- ↑ Descriptions of new shells from the collection of Captain Sir Edward Belcher. RB Hinds, The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 1843
- ↑ A Catalogue of the Living Marine Bivalve Molluscs of China. F.R. Bernard, Ying-Ya Cai and Brian Morton - 1993 (Link to Google Books)
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