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Brittle Tellin

Gastrana fragilis

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) ahmedm, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

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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 1, February 2, March 2, April 12, May 9, June 4, July 1, August 7, September 0, October 4, November 1, December 0.
Greece43
Macedonia-Thrace37
France25
Occitanie24
Spain21
Cantabria16
Turkey10
Çanakkale9
Italy8
Thessalia-Central Greece5

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
OrderCockles, Tellins, and Allies · Cardiida
FamilyTellins and Allies · Tellinidae
GenusGastrana

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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