Transverse Ark in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2021). (c) trinectes, all rights reserved.
Transverse Ark in Worcester Co., Maryland (11/4/2022). (c) Wayne Longbottom, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
Transverse Ark in Worcester Co., Maryland (8/22/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
A Transverse Ark in Gloucester County, Virginia (9/9/2013).
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Arcida |
| Family: | Arcidae |
| Genus: | Anadara |
| Species: | A. transversa
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| Binomial name | |
| Anadara transversa (Say, 1822)
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Anadara transversa, or the Transverse ark clam, is a clam in the family Arcidae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Massachusetts to Texas, including the West Indies.[1]
It is an invasive species in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. First found in Turkey in 1977, then Greece in 1993, and then the coast of Italy near Venice in 2000.
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References
[edit]- ^ Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 11.
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