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Pholas dactylus (Common piddock; Almindelig boremusling; Barrena; Datte de mer; Dattero bianco; Folade; Gemeine Bohrmuschel; Pholade; Taralhão)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Pholas dactylus or common piddock is a bioluminescent clam-like species of marine mollusc found on the coasts of the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. It bores into gneiss. It was once a highly esteemed food in Europe. It is sensitive to light, retracting into its shell when exposed to it.
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Predators

Pleuronectes platessa (European plaice)[1]

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♦ 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