Mulinia lateralis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Bivalvia |
Order: | Venerida |
Family: | Mactridae |
Subfamily: | Mactrinae |
Genus: | Mulinia |
Species: | M. lateralis
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Binomial name | |
Mulinia lateralis | |
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Mulinia lateralis, the dwarf surf clam or coot clam, is a species of small saltwater clam, a bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. It occurs in the western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea.