Theora mesopotamica
Theora mesopotamica is a species of saltwater and brackish water clam, a bivalve mollusk in the family Semelidae. This species is known from the northwestern end of the Persian Gulf, and from subfossil remains in brackish deposits in the lower Tigris–Euphrates basin of Iraq.
| Theora mesopotamica | |
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| Right (above) and left (below) valves, from Annandale 1918. Images are to scale with each other. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Semelidae |
| Genus: | Theora |
| Species: | T. mesopotamica |
| Binomial name | |
| Theora mesopotamica (Annandale, 1918) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Corbula mesopotamica Annandale, 1918 | |
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