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Brown Rangia

Rangia flexuosa

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 23, February 22, March 25, April 48, May 30, June 14, July 13, August 13, September 16, October 17, November 22, December 21.
United States293
Texas265
Louisiana14
Alabama5
Mexico2
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave2
Mississippi1

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
FamilyTrough Shells · Mactridae
GenusRangia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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