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Donax fossor

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This small clam was reported in the literature to attain a maximum length of 18 mm. The shell can be almost white in color, or yellow, orange, greyish, or purplish. The darker shells may be rayed with purple on the inside, but these rays are usually only rather faintly visible on the outside.
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growing on the posterior tip of the shell. There is some evidence that this protects the clam against predation attempts by the moonsnail
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lives from the coast of New York State south through New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina, to East Florida.
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upper right 3 intact individuals, paired valves, 1 interior, largest pair lower right (white) 21.2 mm in length
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Clarke, by Michale Russell and J. R. Dougherty, 2005, Journal of Shellfish Research, 24, pp 35 onwards
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Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. URL
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Rosenberg, G. 2009. Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. URL
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Rosenberg, G. (2014). Donax fossor. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at
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http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420903
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Mollusca
Bivalvia
Cardiida
Donacidae
Donax
Binomial name
Say
species
marine
bivalve
mollusc
Donacidae
Donax variabilis
New Jersey
hydroid
Lovenella gracilis
Neverita duplicata
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=420903
http://www.malacolog.org/
http://www.malacolog.org/

Taxon identifiers
Wikidata
Q3802824
CoL

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