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Muscat bittersweet

Tucetona guesi (Jousseaume, 1895)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The muscat bittersweet (Tucetona guesi) is a species in the family Glycymerididae, order Arcida.

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Quick facts about the muscat bittersweet

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the muscat bittersweet live?

Not recorded

Is the muscat bittersweet endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the muscat bittersweet classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderArcida
  5. familyGlycymerididae
  6. genusTucetona
  7. SpeciesTucetona guesi (Jousseaume, 1895)

Synonyms Glycymeris maskatensis, Pectunculus guesi, Pectunculus maskatensis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the muscat bittersweet

Other species in the same genus Tucetona.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the muscat bittersweet?

The muscat bittersweet (Tucetona guesi) belongs to the family Glycymerididae in the order Arcida.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Muscat bittersweet (Tucetona guesi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/muscat-bittersweet

MLA

“Muscat bittersweet (Tucetona guesi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/muscat-bittersweet.

BibTeX
@misc{muscat_bittersweet_2026,
  title = {Muscat bittersweet (Tucetona guesi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/muscat-bittersweet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}