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Cut Trough Shell

Spisula subtruncata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,436, February 1,800, March 2,819, April 4,436, May 6,396, June 6,974, July 7,463, August 6,418, September 4,712, October 3,517, November 1,922, December 1,502.
United States50,396
Alaska50,394
Netherlands215
Spain152
Zuid-Holland107
France87
Noord-Holland70
Italy69
Andalucía60
Occitanie57

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
FamilyTrough Shells · Mactridae
GenusSpisula

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