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purple mahogany-clam

Nuttallia obscurata

Classification

Nuttallia obscurata, the purple mahogany clam, dark mahogany clam, varnish clam or savory clam, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Psammobiidae. It was first described to science by Lovell Augustus Reeve, a British conchologist, in 1857. Description The valves are thin, relatively shallow, and almost oval in shape.

Distribution

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