Agriopoma morrhuanum

Agriopoma morrhuanum
	Agriopoma morrhuanum shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Agriopoma
Species:	A. morrhuanum
Binomial name
	Agriopoma morrhuanum; (Dall, 1902)
Synonyms
	Agriopoma morrhuanus [sic] (incorrect gender ending); Callocardia (Agriopoma) morrhuana Dall, 1902 (basionym); Callocardia morrhuana Dall, 1902 (original combination); Cytherea morrhuana Linsley, 1845 (nomen nudum); Katherinella ida Tegland, 1928; Pitar morrhuanus (Dall, 1902);

Agriopoma morrhuanum, or the false quahog, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae.^[1]

It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Prince Edward Island to North Carolina.^[2]

References

^ MolluscaBase eds. (2022). MolluscaBase. Agriopoma morrhuanum (Dall, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594424 on 2022-01-20
^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 69.

Dall, W. H. (1902). Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 26 (1312): 335-412.
Linsley, J. H. 1845. Catalogue of the shells of Connecticut. The American Journal of Science and Arts 48: 271-286

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Taxon identifiers
Agriopoma morrhuanum	Wikidata: Q13248489 CoL: 65TS2 GBIF: 6525717 IRMNG: 11780266 OBIS: 594424 Open Tree of Life: 2859289 WoRMS: 594424
Pitar morrhuanus	Wikidata: Q3014531 BOLD: 762509 CoL: 882PP GBIF: 2287700 iNaturalist: 253654 ITIS: 81501 NatureServe: 2.1133699 NCBI: 115818 Observation.org: 947396 Open Tree of Life: 99909 Paleobiology Database: 146424 SeaLifeBase: 48855 WoRMS: 156963

Agriopoma morrhuanum

Agriopoma morrhuanum shell
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Agriopoma
Species:	A. morrhuanum
Binomial name
*Agriopoma morrhuanum* (Dall, 1902)
Synonyms
Agriopoma morrhuanus [sic] (incorrect gender ending) Callocardia (Agriopoma) morrhuana Dall, 1902 (basionym) Callocardia morrhuana Dall, 1902 (original combination) Cytherea morrhuana Linsley, 1845 (nomen nudum) Katherinella ida Tegland, 1928 Pitar morrhuanus (Dall, 1902)