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Icelandic Scallop

Chlamys islandica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Quebec.January 149, February 130, March 202, April 481, May 886, June 586, July 489, August 449, September 395, October 331, November 193, December 174.
Canada9,199
Quebec4,464
Newfoundland and Labrador3,428
United States1,462
Alaska1,351
Nova Scotia1,002
New Brunswick99
Maine69
Massachusetts31
Ontario27

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
FamilyScallops · Pectinidae
GenusDwarf Fan Shells · Chlamys

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