Northern Cardita

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(Conrad, 1832)

Cyclocardia borealis

Northern Cardita

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Carditida

Family:

Carditidae

ANSP 401574

Shell Information

Maximum size (mm): 30

Chirality:

N/A

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

Arctic Ocean to North Carolina

Depth (m):

8 to 200 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Moderately shallow water

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Cyclocardia borealis (Conrad, 1832). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156832 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/