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American Bittersweet

Glycymeris gigantea (Reeve 1843)

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Glycymeris gigantea (American Bittersweet) is a species of mussels in the family Glycymerididae. Individuals can grow to 49.3 mm. They have sexual reproduction. They are facultatively mobile animals.

  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of American bittersweet. View this species on GBIF