Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767); Atalaia Velha, Aracaju, Brazil (1)

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Description: English: A single valve of the Veneridae seashell Anomalocardia flexuosa (Linnaeus, 1767), the West Indian pointed Venus; during the 20th century called Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791)[1]; an edible species in Brazil. Specimen collected in the beach of Atalaia Velha, Aracaju, Sergipe, northeast Brazil (October 10, 1989). It's called berbigão, cernambi, maçunim, papa-fumo, pedrinha, samanguaiá, sarro-de-peito, sarro-de-pito, simongoiá and vôngoli. BOFFI, Alexandre Valente (1979). Moluscos Brasileiros de Interesse Médico e Econômico. São Paulo: FAPESP - Hucitec. p. 61-62. 182 pp. FERREIRA, Aurélio Buarque de Holanda (1986). Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa 2ª ed. Rio de Janeiro: Nova Fronteira. p. 384. 1838 pp. ABBOTT, R. Tucker; DANCE, S. Peter (1982). Compendium of Seashells. A color Guide to More than 4.200 of the World's Marine Shells. New York: E. P. Dutton. p. 367. 412 pp. ISBN 0-525-93269-0. Date: 29 March 2021. Source: Own work. Author: Mário NET.