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Common Jingle

Anomia simplex

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 41, February 40, March 54, April 95, May 163, June 80, July 60, August 55, September 64, October 59, November 40, December 37.
United States7,514
New York787
Massachusetts678
New Jersey538
Connecticut419
North Carolina373
South Carolina332
Virginia225
Maryland201
Georgia166

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
OrderScallops and Allies · Pectinida
FamilyJingle Shells · Anomiidae
GenusAnomia

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