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Baltic Macoma

Macoma balthica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 7,207, February 5,323, March 8,340, April 13,121, May 18,919, June 20,630, July 22,075, August 18,985, September 13,938, October 10,404, November 5,685, December 4,443.
United States149,989
Alaska149,062
Canada2,432
Manitoba525
Quebec452
Poland347
Pomeranian Voivodeship314
Lithuania250
Klaipeda County250
British Columbia241

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
OrderCockles, Tellins, and Allies · Cardiida
FamilyTellins and Allies · Tellinidae
GenusMacoma

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