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Buttercup Lucine

Anodontia alba

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Virginia.January 6, February 6, March 7, April 11, May 15, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 7, October 6, November 5, December 5.
United States1,717
Virginia88
Maryland88
Georgia72
Texas47
North Carolina29
Alabama25
Mexico4
Louisiana3
Yucatan3

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
OrderLucinida
FamilyLucine Clams · Lucinidae
GenusAnodontia

Sources

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