Glossus humanus

Glossus humanus
Shell of Glossus humanus from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Glossoidea
Family:	Glossidae
Genus:	Glossus
Species:	G. humanus
Binomial name
Glossus humanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Buccardium commune Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811 Cardium humanum Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination) Chama cor Linnaeus, 1767 Glossus rubicundus Poli, 1795 Isocardia cor var. valentiana Pallary, 1903 Isocardia globosa Lamarck, 1801 Isocardia hibernica Reeve, 1845 Isocardia linnaei Locard, 1886 Isocardia lunulata Nyst, 18

Glossus humanus, the oxheart clam, is a species of species of marine clam found in deepwater off the Atlantic coastline of Europe and Northern Africa. It is the only remaining extant species in the genus Glossus.