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Transparent Razor

Siliqua lucida

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

24 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 California.January 29, February 25, March 26, April 33, May 32, June 23, July 20, August 20, September 26, October 27, November 34, December 26.
United States337
California319
Oregon18

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
GenusSiliqua

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.