Pododesmus macrochisma

Pododesmus macrochisma

Two whole shells of Pododesmus macrochisma turned over to show the lower valve.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Family:	Anomiidae
Genus:	Pododesmus
Species:	P. macrochisma
Binomial name
*Pododesmus macrochisma* (Deshayes, 1839)
Synonyms
Anomia alope Gray, 1850 Anomia cepio Gray, 1850 Anomia densicostulata Yokoyama, 1925 Anomia macrochisma Deshayes, 1839 (original combination) Monia macrochisma (Deshayes, 1839) Placunanomia alope (Gray, 1850) Placunanomia cepio (Gray, 1850) Placunanomia ingens Yokoyama, 1925 Placunanomia macrochisma (Deshayes, 1839) Placunanomia macrochisma ezoanus Kanehara, 1942 Pododesmus cepio (Gray, 1850) Pododesmus macroschisma [sic] (misspelling) Pododesmus newcombei Clark & Arnold, 1923

Pododesmus macrochisma, common name the Green Falsejingle or the Alaska jingle, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Anomiidae, the jingle shells. ^[1]

References

↑ Sartori, André F. (2015). Pododesmus macrochisma. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=758426 on 2016-10-18

Huber, M. (2010). Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM.

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Taxon identifiers	EoL: 451966 GBIF: 2286130 ITIS: 79792 Fossilworks: 90319 WoRMS: 758426

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