Mulinia cleryana

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Mulinia cleryana
Temporal range: Miocenerecent[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Mulinia
Species:
M. cleryana
Binomial name
Mulinia cleryana
(d'Orbigny, 1846)[2]
Synonyms[2]

Mulinia cleryana is a species of marine bivalve in the family Mactridae.[2] This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean as far south as Brazil. It can grow to 40 mm (1.6 in).[9]

Bivalve shell
A shell from northeast Brazil. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

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