(Reeve, 1850)
Dosinia discus
Disk Dosinia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Venerida
Family:
Veneridae
ANSP 481372
Shell Information
Length (mm): 76
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
They look similar to the Elegant Dosinia, however they can be differentiated because they have almost twice as many commarginal ridges on their shell.
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Virginia to Florida
Depth (m):
0 to 0.3 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Shallow water
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Dosinia discus (Reeve, 1850). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156070 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.
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/