Glossus (bivalve)
| Glossus Temporal range:
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| The shell of Glossus humanus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Venerida |
| Superfamily: | Glossoidea |
| Family: | Glossidae |
| Genus: | Glossus (Poli, 1801) |
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Glossus is a genus of marine bivalve molluscs in the family Glossidae. Only one species, the oxheart clam (G. humanus), is still extant, living in flat, muddy regions deep off the North Atlantic coastline of Europe.