Rayed Artemis

Dosinia exoleta

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Veneridae

Dosinia exoleta, common name the rayed artemis, is a saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams. Description The shell of an adult Dosinia exoleta can be as large as 60 millimetres (2. 4 in).

Distribution

Rayed Artemis — (c) Tim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 405United Kingdom · 324France · 275Spain · 167Germany · 53Italy · 6Belgium · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Tim Johnson, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionDosinia exoleta, Wikipedia contributors

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