Serripes groenlandicus
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| Serripes groenlandicus | |
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| File:Wood-1 XIII-1 Serripes groenlandicus-1.jpg | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Cardiidae |
| Genus: | Serripes |
| Species: | S. groenlandicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Serripes groenlandicus (Mohr, 1786)
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Serripes groenlandicus, the Greenland cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Greenland to Cape Cod, as well as along the Pacific coast, from Alaska to Washington.[1]
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. 60.
