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Half-naked Pen Shell

(Lamarck, 1819)

Atrina seminuda

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Ostreida

Family:

Pinnidae

Pinnidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 254794

Shell Information

Length (mm): 200

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to Argentina

0 to 130 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine; Partially burried in sand or mud

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Atrina seminuda (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420740 on 2021-07-20

Mikkelsen, P. M., & Bieler, R. (28). Seashells of southern Florida: Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and Adjacent REGIONS, bivalves. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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