Stiff Pen Shell

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(Lightfoot, 1786)

Atrina rigida

Stiff Pen Shell

Phylum:

Mollusca

Taxonomy

Class:

Bivalvia

Order:

Ostreida

Family:

Pinnidae

ANSP 168608

Shell Information

Length (mm): 300

Chirality:

N/A

Description:

Ecological Information

Distribution:

North Carolina to Venezuala

Depth (m):

0 to 27 meters

Diet:

Suspension feeder

Habitat:

Partially burried in sand or mud

Works Cited

MolluscaBase eds. (2021). MolluscaBase. Atrina rigida (Lightfoot, 1786). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420739 on 2021-07-20
Mikkelsen, P. M., & Bieler, R. (28). Seashells of southern Florida: Living marine mollusks of the Florida keys and Adjacent REGIONS, bivalves. Princeton: Princeton University Press.