Tucetona isabellae is a species of clam that was described in 2011 by Paul Valentich-Scott, Curator of Malacology at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History (SBMNH), and Elizabeth A. R. Garfinkle, 11th grade student at San Roque High School (also known as Garden Street Academy).[1][2]

Tucetona isabellae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Tucetona
Species:
T. isabellae
Binomial name
Tucetona isabellae
Valentich-Scott & Garfinkle, 2011

References

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  1. ^ Paul Valentich-Scott & Elizabeth A. R. Garfinkle (2011). "A new species of Tucetona (Bivalvia: Glycymerididae) from Mexico" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2769: 65–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2769.1.3.
  2. ^ Paul Valentich-Scott (February 22, 2011). "Santa Barbara teen Elizabeth Garfinkle names new species of clam". Noozhawk. Retrieved March 25, 2011.

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