Bivalvia mollusks <i>Amarilladesma mactroides</i> <small>(Reeve, 1854)<a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&amp;id=505790">[1]</a></small>; in the 20th century called <i>Mesodesma mactroides</i> <small>Reeve, 1854</small>; living specimens in La Lucila del Mar, Buenos Aires, Argentina (May 18, 2019). In English, called <b>marisco wedge clam</b>; in Spanish, in Argentina, called <b>almeja amarilla</b> (<b>yellow clam</b>); in Portuguese, in Brazil, it's called <b>cernambi</b>, <b>sernambi</b> (together with <i>Anomalocardia flexuosa</i>, <i>Tivela mactroides</i>, <i>Erodona mactroides</i>, <i>Phacoides pectinatus</i>, <i>Eucallista purpurata</i> and <i>Donax hanleyanus</i>), <b>cernambitinga</b>, <b>sernambitinga</b>, <b>samanguaiá</b>, <b>simanguaiá</b>, <b>simongoiá</b>, <b>sapinhanguá</b>, <b>maçambique</b> and <b>moçambique</b>. It's a shallow water species and a common food clam.
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<li>FERREIRA, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda (1986). <i>Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa</i> 2ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. p. 384. 1838 pp.</li>
<li>HOUAISS, Antônio; VILLAR, Mauro de Salles; FRANCO, Francisco Manoel de Mello (2001). <i>Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa</i> 1ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: Objetiva. p. 2555. 2922 pp. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/85-7302-383-X" title="Special:BookSources/85-7302-383-X">ISBN 85-7302-383-X</a></li></ul>
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2021-04-01
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