Glossus humanus

Glossus humanus
Shell of Glossus humanus from Sicily at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Superfamily: Glossoidea
Family: Glossidae
Genus: Glossus
Species:
G. humanus
Binomial name
Glossus humanus
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.

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