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(O. F. Muller, 1776)
Chlamys islandica
Icelandic Scallop
Phylum:
Mollusca
Taxonomy
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pectinida
Family:
Pectinidae
ANSP 478504
Shell Information
Length (mm): 100
Chirality:
N/A
Description:
Ecological Information
Distribution:
Greenland to Massachusetts
Depth (m):
2 to 320 meters
Diet:
Suspension feeder
Habitat:
Moderately deep waters
Works Cited
MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Chlamys islandica (O. F. M�ller, 1776). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140692 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/
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