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(Say, 1822)
Isocrassina castanea
Chestnut Clam
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Carditida
Family:
Astartidae
ANSP 55307
Shell Information
Maximum size (mm): 25
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Nova Scotia to Delaware
Depth (m):
0 to 50 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Moderately shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Astarte castanea (Say, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156744 on 2024-12-03.
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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