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Laevicardium mortoni | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Cardiida |
Family: | Cardiidae |
Genus: | Laevicardium |
Species: | L. mortoni
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Binomial name | |
Laevicardium mortoni (Conrad, 1830)
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Laevicardium mortoni, or Morton's egg cockle, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Cardiidae.
Distribution
[edit]Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Nova Scotia to Brazil.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 58.