strange gaper

Tresus allomyax

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae

Tresus is a genus of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks in the family Mactridae. Many of them are known under the common name the horse clam or as species of gaper clam. They are similar to geoducks.

Distribution

strange gaper — (c) Anisha Kumra, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 33Canada · 14

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Anisha Kumra, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionTresus, Wikipedia contributors

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