Dosinia concentrica

Dosinia concentrica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Dosinia
Species:	D. concentrica
Binomial name
	Dosinia concentrica; (Born, 1778)
Synonyms
	Artemis distans G. B. Sowerby II, 1851; Artemis elegans Conrad, 1843; Artemis nitens Reeve, 1850; Callocardia elegans (Conrad, 1843); Chama dosin Scopoli, 1777 [ex Adanson, 1757]; Cytherea concentrica Lamarck, 1818; Dosinia affinis Deshayes, 1853; Dosinia brasiliensis White, 1887; Dosinia concentrica prosapia Weisbord, 1964; Dosinia elegans (Conrad, 1843); Dosinia floridana Conrad, 1866; Dosinia genei Tapparone Canefri, 1874; Venus concentrica Born, 1778; Venus philippii d'Orbigny, 1845;

Dosinia concentrica, common name the West Indian dosinia, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. This species is found in Caribbean waters, ranging from the West Indies to Brazil.¹

Description

Shell size 55 mm.

West Indies to Brazil. Rare in Florida (St. Augustine Inlet).

References

Abbott, R.T. & Morris, P.A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1995. 70.