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Asian Date Mussel

Arcuatula senhousia

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) noahjy7, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 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.

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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 California.January 57, February 49, March 51, April 64, May 62, June 60, July 45, August 40, September 50, October 52, November 66, December 51.
United States643
California627
New Zealand35
China31
Auckland Region26
Shandong Province22
France22
Washington16
Australia15
Victoria15

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
OrderMytilida
Familymussels · Mytilidae
GenusArcuatula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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