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Pale Venus

Venus casina

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 149, February 110, March 172, April 271, May 391, June 427, July 456, August 393, September 288, October 215, November 118, December 92.
United States3,083
Alaska3,082
Portugal52
COIMBRA30
Spain19
AVEIRO19
Galicia7
Comunitat Valenciana4
Principado de Asturias4
Cantabria3

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
GenusVenus

Sources

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