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Cyrtopleura costata (angelwing)

Synonyms: Barnea costata; Capulus shreevei; Leuconyx tayleriana; Leuconyx tyleriana; Pholas costatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Cyrtopleura costata or the angel wing clam is a bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae. It is found in shallow parts of the northwest Atlantic, living in the seabed, where it burrows through sand and mud to a depth of up to 3 feet (0.91 m).
View Wikipedia Record: Cyrtopleura costata

Predators

Pogonias cromis (Sea drum)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0