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Nuttall's Cockle

Clinocardium nuttallii

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 138, February 128, March 198, April 232, May 359, June 312, July 248, August 221, September 194, October 154, November 124, December 126.
United States3,667
British Columbia2,785
Canada2,432
Washington1,855
California1,113
Alaska354
Oregon184
Russia3
Kamchatka Krai3
Brazil1

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
Familytrue cockles · Cardiidae
GenusClinocardium

Sources

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