Thyasira gouldi

Thyasira gouldi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Lucinida
Superfamily: Thyasiroidea
Family: Thyasiridae
Genus: Thyasira
Species:
T. gouldi
Binomial name
Thyasira gouldi
(Philippi, 1845)

Thyasira gouldi, common name the Northern hatchet-shell, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Thyasiridae.

This species has been fully protected since 1992 in the United Kingdom under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.[1]

References

  1. ^ Protection for wild animals on Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, 1981. website accessed 7 August 2009.


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