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Northwest Ugly Clam

Entodesma navicula

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) wildlife_adventures, some rights reserved (CC BY)

28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 19, February 18, March 28, April 32, May 50, June 44, July 35, August 31, September 27, October 21, November 17, December 18.
Canada339
British Columbia339
United States273
Washington162
Alaska121
California103
Oregon8
Russia4
Primorsky Krai4
South Korea3

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
FamilyLyonsia Clams · Lyonsiidae
GenusEntodesma

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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