Australian Rock-Borer

Hiatella australis

Classification

Class: Bivalvia
Order: Adapedonta
Family: Hiatellidae

Hiatella is a genus of small saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs in the family Hiatellidae. Ecology These bivalves are stationary suspension feeders. Some species bore into rock for shelter, others also live in rock but do not bore, instead they nestle in holes created by other organisms, or in other crevices.

Distribution

Australian Rock-Borer — (c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionHiatella, Wikipedia contributors

Australian Rock-Borer

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