Malacology
Malacology is the study of mollusks. This includes animals like octopus, snails, slugs, and clams. It is the second largest phylum of animals, making them one of the most successful groups on the planet. There are over 80,000 described species of mollusks with many more left to be discovered. Mullusca is composed of 8 recognized classes including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Polyplacophora, Scaphapoda, Monoplacophorans, the Aplacophorans, Caudofoveata and Solenogastres, and Bivalvia.
Eared Ark
(Roding, 1798)
Anadara notabilis
Class:
Order:
Family:
Bivalvia
Arcida
Arcidae
Image Voucher:
ANSP 282673
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Depth (m):
Florida to Brazil
0.3 to 75 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder; They will feed on phyotoplakton like diatoms.
Habitat:
Marine; Shallow water with muddy substrate or grassy bottom
Misc. Facts
Citations
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Anadara notabilis (Roding, 1798). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420712 on 2021-07-20
Morris, P. A. (1987). A field guide to shells: Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the West Indies (3rd ed.). Houghton Mifflin.
Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.1)] URL http://www.malacolog.org/