Glycymeris modesta

Not to be confused with Dog cockle.

Glycymeris modesta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Arcida
Family: Glycymerididae
Genus: Glycymeris
Species:
G. modesta
Binomial name
Glycymeris modesta
(Angas, 1879)
Synonyms

Axinaea modesta Angas, 1879

Glycymeris modesta, or the small dog cockle, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae.

Internal view of the small dog cockle

References

  • Powell A. W. B., William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1


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