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Pacific awningclam

Solemya valvulus

Classification

Solemyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine protobranch bivalve mollusks in the order Solemyida. Biology Solemyids are remarkable in that their digestive tract is either extremely small or non-existent, and their feeding appendages are too short to reach outside the shell. It has been shown that these clams host sulphur-oxidizing bacteria intracellularly within their gill filaments.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 1