Anadara transversa (Say, 1822) is a animal in the Arcidae family, order Arcida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Anadara transversa (Say, 1822)
Anadara transversa (the Transverse ark clam) is an Arcidae clam native to the North American Atlantic, invasive in the eastern Mediterranean.
Anadara transversa, commonly known as the Transverse ark clam, is a species of clam that belongs to the family Arcidae. Its native range extends along the Atlantic coast of North America, from Massachusetts to Texas, and it is also found in the West Indies. This species is invasive in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it was first recorded in Turkey in 1977, then in Greece in 1993, and finally along the Italian coast near Venice in 2000.
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Lunarca ovalis (Bruguière, 1789)
Anadara secticostata (Reeve, 1844)
Anadara chemnitzii (R.A.Philippi, 1851)
Arca zebra Swainson, 1833
Anadara kagoshimensis (Tokunaga, 1906)
Anadara notabilis (Röding, 1798)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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