Anomalocardia flexuosa

Anomalocardia flexuosa is a species of bivalves belonging to the family Veneridae.[1]

Anomalocardia flexuosa
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae
Genus: Anomalocardia
Species:
A. flexuosa
Binomial name
Anomalocardia flexuosa
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
List
  • Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791)
  • Anomalocardia rugosa Schumacher, 1817
  • Cryptogramma flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Cytherea flexuosa Lamarck, 1818
  • Cytherea lunularis Lamarck, 1818
  • Venus brasiliana Gmelin, 1791
  • Venus flexuosa Linnaeus, 1767
  • Venus punctifera G. B. Sowerby II, 1853

The species is found in the Americas and Malesia.[1] Anomalocardia flexuosa lives in shallow water with low waves, in areas with normal to slightly salty water. They can be found in the Caribbean and southern Brazil, but their fossils have been found as far south as Argentina.[2]

References
  1. "Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
  2. Lopes (2022-01-01). "The distribution of living and fossil a. flexuosa in southern Brazil". Journal of South American Earth Sciences. 113: 103662. doi:10.1016/j.jsames.2021.103662. ISSN 0895-9811.
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