Atlantic mud-piddock

Barnea truncata

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Family: Pholadidae

Burntcoat (improperly known as Burncoat) is an unincorporated rural Canadian community in Hants County, Nova Scotia. The area is well known for its cape of Burntcoat Head, the location of the largest recorded tidal range (the greatest difference in height between high tide and low tide) of anywhere in the world. It is also home to Burntcoat Head Park, which offers public access to the ocean floor.

Distribution

Atlantic mud-piddock — (c) Ian Manning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 40Canada · 16

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Ian Manning, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionBurntcoat, Nova Scotia, Wikipedia contributors

Atlantic mud-piddock

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