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Transparent Razor

Phaxas pellucidus

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

7 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

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 1,602, February 1,184, March 1,854, April 2,917, May 4,206, June 4,587, July 4,908, August 4,221, September 3,099, October 2,313, November 1,264, December 988.
United States33,143
Alaska33,143
Denmark1
Midtjylland1

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
OrderRock-borers, Jacknives, and Razor Clams · Adapedonta
FamilyPharidae
GenusPhaxas

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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