Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Molluscs › Jewel boxes

Spiny Jewel Box

Arcinella cornuta

Learn Spiny Jewel Box freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) billdyethetravisguy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 Alabama.January 8, February 9, March 9, April 16, May 11, June 7, July 6, August 6, September 8, October 8, November 7, December 7.
United States2,542
Alabama102
North Carolina102
South Carolina85
Texas80
Georgia55
Louisiana7
Mexico5
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave4
Mississippi3

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
OrderVenerida
FamilyJewel boxes · Chamidae
GenusArcinella

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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

Create a free accountHow it works