Noetia ponderosa
Encyclopedia
Noetia ponderosa, or the ponderous ark clam, is a clam
in the family
Noetiidae
. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Virginia
to Texas
.
Clam
The word "clam" can be applied to freshwater mussels, and other freshwater bivalves, as well as marine bivalves.In the United States, "clam" can be used in several different ways: one, as a general term covering all bivalve molluscs...
in the family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
Noetiidae
Noetiidae
Noetiidae is a family of bivalves related to the ark clams. They are differentiated from the ark clams by the presence of striations on the hinge ligament...
. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
to Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
.