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Pearly Jingle

Anomia peruviana

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 77, February 66, March 69, April 86, May 83, June 61, July 52, August 53, September 68, October 69, November 89, December 69.
United States883
California842
Maine25
Canada22
Mexico18
New Brunswick13
Arizona10
Quebec7
Baja California6
Colima5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Filter feederFeeds by filtering suspended food particles from water.From its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassBivalves · Bivalvia
OrderScallops and Allies · Pectinida
FamilyJingle Shells · Anomiidae
GenusAnomia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Pearly Jingle with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.