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Two-toned Cardita

Cardites bicolor

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) richard_bulva, 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.

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

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 India.January 3, February 6, March 3, April 17, May 7, June 0, July 3, August 1, September 7, October 1, November 1, December 9.
India58
Tamil Nādu27
Andhra Pradesh18
Sri Lanka12
Mahārāshtra8
Eastern Province8
Goa3
Southern Province3
Karnātaka2
Central Province1

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
OrderCarditida
FamilyFalse-cockles · Carditidae
GenusCardites

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Two-toned Cardita with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.