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Species Page:

Tiger Lucine

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Codakia orbicularis

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Lucinida

Family:

Lucinidae

Lucinidae

Image Voucher: 

ANSP 481081

Shell Information

Length (mm): 75

N/A

Chirality:

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Depth (m):

Florida to Venezuala

0 to 55 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Marine; Moderately shallow water

Misc. Facts

Citations

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Codakia orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420787 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.

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