Crassula aequilatera

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Crassula aequilatera, known as the triangle shell, is a surf clam, a moderately large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. [1]

Crassula aequilatera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Mactroidea
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Crassula
Species:
C. aequilatera
Binomial name
Crassula aequilatera
(Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Mactra aequilatera Reeve, 1854
  • Mactra aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854
  • Spisula aequilateralis (Deshayes, 1854)
Inside view of Crassula aequilatera

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.

References

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  1. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=505655 on 2022-06-20
  • Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.
  • Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
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