Glycymeris modesta

Not to be confused with Dog cockle.
Glycymeris modesta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Pteriomorpha
Order: Arcoida
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

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