Limopsis sulcata
Limopsis sulcata, common name the sulcate limopsis, is a species of very small clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Limopsidae. This species occurs along the Atlantic coast of North America from Massachusetts to the West Indies.[1]
Limopsis sulcata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Family: | Limopsidae |
Genus: | Limopsis |
Species: | L. sulcata |
Binomial name | |
Limopsis sulcata Verrill & Bush, 1898 | |
References
- Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 12.
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