Fossor Coquina

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Say, 1822

Donax fossor

Fossor Coquina

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Cardiida

Family:

Donacidae

ANSP

Shell Information

Length (mm): 13

Chirality:

N/A

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

New York to New Jersey

Depth (m):

0 to 1 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Shallow water

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Donax fossor Say, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420903 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/