Senilia
Appearance
Senilia | |
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Live Senilia senilis for sale in Fadiouth, Senegal | |
Single valves of Senilia senilis (plus two gastropods) washed up on the beach at Fadiouth, Senegal | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Arcida |
Family: | Arcidae |
Genus: | Senilia Gray, 1842 |
Species: | S. senilis
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Binomial name | |
Senilia senilis | |
Synonyms | |
Senilia is a genus of edible saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Arcidae, the ark shells. It contains a single species, Senilia senilis.
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