Diplodonta punctata

Diplodonta punctata
Diplodonta punctata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Veneroida
Family: Ungulinidae
Genus: Diplodonta
Species: D. punctata
Binomial name
Diplodonta punctata
(Say, 1822)

Diplodonta punctata, or the Atlantic diplodon, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Ungulinidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Bermuda.[1]

References

  1. ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Altantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 46.