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Eared Ark

(Roding, 1798)

Anadara notabilis

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Arcida

Family:

Arcidae

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Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 92

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

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/