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Species Page:

False Quahog

(Dall, 1902)

Agriopoma morrhuanum

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Venerida

Family:

Veneridae

Veneridae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 480881

Shell Information

Length (mm): 50

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Nova Scotia to North Carolina

2 to 196 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine; Shallow water

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pitar morrhuanus (Dall, 1902). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156963 on 2021-07-20

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/

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