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Striped Venus

Chamelea gallina

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 394, February 291, March 456, April 717, May 1,034, June 1,128, July 1,207, August 1,038, September 762, October 569, November 311, December 243.
United States8,151
Alaska8,151
Spain423
Italy397
Andalucía208
France160
Nord-Est151
Occitanie125
Greece114
Ukraine111

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
FamilyVenus Clams · Veneridae
GenusChamelea

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