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Atlantic Mud-piddock

Barnea truncata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Jersey.January 4, February 4, March 4, April 7, May 12, June 4, July 4, August 4, September 6, October 7, November 4, December 4.
United States361
New Jersey63
Canada54
Massachusetts48
New York35
Nova Scotia19
Quebec18
New Brunswick17
South Carolina16
Virginia15

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
OrderMyida
FamilyPiddocks and Angelwings · Pholadidae
GenusBarnea

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