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Banded Venus

Polititapes rhomboides

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 157, February 116, March 181, April 285, May 411, June 448, July 480, August 412, September 303, October 226, November 123, December 97.
United States3,238
Alaska3,238
Spain18
Andalucía14
United Kingdom6
France6
Bretagne6
Galicia4
England4
Northern Ireland1

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
FamilyVenus Clams · Veneridae
GenusPolititapes

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