Molluscs › Bittersweet Clams

Pilose Bittersweet

Glycymeris pilosa

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 Greece.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 5, August 3, September 2, October 1, November 1, December 0.
Greece17
Thessalia-Central Greece6
Macedonia-Thrace3
Egean3
Crete2
Peloponisos-W. Greece & Ionian2
Attica1
France1
Occitanie1
Turkey1

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
OrderArk Shells and Allies · Arcida
FamilyBittersweet Clams · Glycymerididae
GenusGlycymeris

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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