Macrocallista maculata
Appearance
Macrocallista maculata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
Family: | Veneridae |
Genus: | Macrocallista |
Species: | M. maculata
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Binomial name | |
Macrocallista maculata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Macrocallista maculata, or the calico clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to Bermuda and Brazil.[1]
The calico clam has been protected from harvesting in Bermuda since the 1970s (see Fisheries Protected Species Order 1978).[2]
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. 69-70.
- ^ http://www.conservation.bm/protected-species-photo-galler/single-gallery/7105559. Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine