Dosinia concentrica

Dosinia concentrica, common name the West Indian dosinia, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. This species is found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.[1]

Dosinia concentrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Veneroidea
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Dosinia
Species:
D. concentrica
Binomial name
Dosinia concentrica
(Born, 1778)
Synonyms
  • Artemis distans G. B. Sowerby II, 1851
  • Artemis elegans Conrad, 1843
  • Artemis nitens Reeve, 1850
  • Callocardia elegans (Conrad, 1843)
  • Chama dosin Scopoli, 1777 [ex Adanson, 1757]
  • Cytherea concentrica Lamarck, 1818
  • Dosinia affinis Deshayes, 1853
  • Dosinia brasiliensis White, 1887
  • Dosinia concentrica prosapia Weisbord, 1964
  • Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1843)
  • Dosinia floridana Conrad, 1866
  • Dosinia genei Tapparone Canefri, 1874
  • Venus concentrica Born, 1778
  • Venus philippii d'Orbigny, 1845

References
  1. Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 70.
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