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Prickly Jingle

Heteranomia squamula

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 392, February 289, March 454, April 713, May 1,029, June 1,122, July 1,200, August 1,032, September 758, October 566, November 309, December 242.
United States8,362
Alaska8,105
Canada307
Maine122
Quebec113
New Brunswick89
Nova Scotia81
Massachusetts66
Virginia28
Newfoundland and Labrador24

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
GenusHeteranomia

Sources

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