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Thin Tellin

Macomangulus tenuis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 847, February 626, March 980, April 1,542, May 2,223, June 2,425, July 2,594, August 2,231, September 1,638, October 1,223, November 668, December 522.
United States17,520
Alaska17,520
Spain84
Galicia62
Ukraine46
United Kingdom42
Odessa Oblast41
Italy32
Portugal30
Nord-Est27

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
FamilyTellins and Allies · Tellinidae
GenusMacomangulus

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