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Anadara baughmani)
| Anadara secernenda | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Anadara |
| Species: | A. secernenda
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| Binomial name | |
| Anadara secernenda (E. Lamy, 1907)
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Anadara secernenda, also known as baughman ark or skewed arkis is a saltwater clam in the family Arcidae, which includes the ark shells. This species is found in the Caribbean Sea and off the shores of Brazil. [1] [2] It was discovered in 1851. [3] [4]
Description
Shells of Anadara secernenda are 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) in length. [2] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Distribution and habitat
Anadara secernenda is found offshore, to as deep as 91 metres (299 ft). [2] [3]
References
- ^ Abbott, R.T.; Morris, P.A. (1995). A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin. p. 10.
- ^ a b c "Anadara baughmani, Baughman's Ark" (PDF). Hertlein. 1951. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ a b "Anadara baughmani — Hertlein". ITIS. 1951. Retrieved May 20, 2012.
- ^ "NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)". NODC Taxonomy Code Database. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ^ Turgeon et al. (1998)
- ^ Abbott — 1974 — Description
- ^ Turgeon, D. D.; A. E. Bogan; E. V. Coan; W. K. Emerson; W. G. Lyons; W. Pratt; et al. (1988). American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16 —— Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. Bethesda, Maryland, US: American Fisheries Society. pp. 7, 277. ISBN 0-913235-47-4. ISSN 0097-0638.
- ^ Turgeon, D. D.; J. F. Quinn Jr.; A. E. Bogan; E. V. Coan; F. G. Hochberg; W. G. Lyons; et al. (1998). American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26 —— Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. Bethesda, Maryland, US: American Fisheries Society. p. 526. ISBN 1-888569-01-8. ISSN 0097-0638.
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