Parastarte triquetra
| Parastarte triquetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Parastarte |
| Species: | P. triquetra
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| Binomial name | |
| Parastarte triquetra (Conrad, 1846)
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Parastarte triquetra, or the brown gem clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It is found along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Florida to the West Indies.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 73.
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