Pitar albidus

Pitar albidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Subfamily: Callocardiinae
Genus: Pitar
Species:
P. albidus
Binomial name
Pitar albidus
(Gmelin, 1791)
Synonyms[1]
  • Venus albida Gmelin, 1791

Pitar albidus, or the white venus clam, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It can be found along the coast of the West Indies.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Pitar albidus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
  2. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 68.
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