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(Lamarck, 1818)
Raeta plicatella
Channeled Duck Clam
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Venerida
Family:
Anatinellidae
ANSP 170551
Shell Information
Maximum size (mm): 70
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
New Jersey to Texas
Depth (m):
0 to 11 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Moderately shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420851 on 2021-06-10
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/
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