Lunarca ovalis, also known as the blood ark clam, is a species of clam in the familyArcidae. It can be found along North America coast of the Atlantic Ocean, ranging from Massachusetts to the West Indies and Brazil.[1] It resides from the low-tide line to a depth of ten feet.
The blood ark clam is often noted for its appearance, for it can be two-thirds covered by dark brown, fur-like periostracum. It also noted for its red blood, which is a result of it containing hemoglobin; this makes it different from the majority of mollusks and earned it its name. The size is typically between one and three inches in length.
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^Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 11.
lunarca, ovalis, also, known, blood, clam, species, clam, family, arcidae, found, along, north, america, coast, atlantic, ocean, ranging, from, massachusetts, west, indies, brazil, resides, from, tide, line, depth, feet, scientific, classificationdomain, eukar. Lunarca ovalis also known as the blood ark clam is a species of clam in the family Arcidae It can be found along North America coast of the Atlantic Ocean ranging from Massachusetts to the West Indies and Brazil 1 It resides from the low tide line to a depth of ten feet Lunarca ovalisScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum MolluscaClass BivalviaOrder ArcidaFamily ArcidaeGenus LunarcaSpecies L ovalisBinomial nameLunarca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 SynonymsListAnadara ovalis Bruguiere 1789 Arca americana W Wood 1828 Arca campechiensis Gmelin 1791 Arca canalicostata E Lamy 1907 Arca cayenensis Lamarck 1819 Arca declivis Dillwyn 1817 Arca holmesii Kurtz 1860 Arca ovalis Bruguiere 1789 Arca pariaensis Maury 1912 Arca pectinoides P P King 1832 Arca pexata Say 1821 Arca semidentata Deshayes 1850 Lunarca costata Gray 1857The blood ark clam is often noted for its appearance for it can be two thirds covered by dark brown fur like periostracum It also noted for its red blood which is a result of it containing hemoglobin this makes it different from the majority of mollusks and earned it its name The size is typically between one and three inches in length References edit Abbott R T amp Morris P A A Field Guide to Shells Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies New York Houghton Mifflin 1995 11 http www mitchellspublications com guides shells articles 0002 Sources edithttps web archive org web 20120319221618 http www enature com fieldguides detail asp recNum SS0068 http barnegatshellfish org ark clams02 htm nbsp This Arcidae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lunarca ovalis amp oldid 1124437773, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
