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Left-handed Jewelbox Clam

(Lamarck, 1819)

Pseudochama cristella

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Venerida

Family:

Chamidae

Chamidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 374967

Shell Information

Maximum length (mm): 47

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

North Carolina to the Caribbean Sea

0 to 77 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Pseudochama cristella (Lamarck, 1819). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=504796 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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