Noetia ponderosa

Noetia ponderosa
	Upper view of a Noetia ponderosa shell
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Arcida
Family:	Noetiidae
Genus:	Noetia
Species:	N. ponderosa
Binomial name
	Noetia ponderosa; (Say, 1822)

Noetia ponderosa, or the ponderous ark clam, is a marine clam in the family Noetiidae.[1] It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Virginia to Florida, West Indies, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Central America.[2][3]

Description

N. ponderosa typically resides in shallow water on the ocean floor. The shape of the shell is rounded trigonal, almost as high as long. It has a distinctive brown or black periostracum. It also has 27-31 squared radial ribs divided by fine incised lines. The exterior and interior of the shell is a white color. The length is usual 50-60 mm.[3]

References

"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Noetia ponderosa (Say, 1822)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-03-06.
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.
Mikkelsen, Paula M. (2008). Seashells of southern Florida : living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions, bivalves. Rüdiger Bieler. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11606-8. OCLC 78071775.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Noetia ponderosa (Say, 1822)". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-03-06.

[2] 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.

[:0-3] Mikkelsen, Paula M. (2008). Seashells of southern Florida : living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and adjacent regions, bivalves. Rüdiger Bieler. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-11606-8. OCLC 78071775.