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Species
peppery furrow clam
SPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumMollusca
- ClassBivalvia
- OrderCardiida
- FamilySemelidae
Habitatmarine
Observations793
Observations recorded29,478
Peppery furrow shells live burrowed deep in the bottom. In order to get fresh water and food, it sticks two siphons out of the bottom. They must be very long, sometimes as much as 25 centimeters. That's four times its own shell length. The siphons are not directly next to each other; otherwise it would drink the filtered water that it just ejected. Besides filtering the water for food, this species is also able to graze the surface, leaving behind typical 'sparkle-like' tracks on the bottom of the tidal flats. The siphons are an easy bite for all kinds of fish and birds.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 540
- With media
- 25
- Family
- Semelidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE
- Recorded in
- Netherlands, Belgium, France
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Scrobicularia plana.jpg
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- Commons category
- Scrobicularia plana
- taxon name
- Scrobicularia plana
- taxon rank
- species
- Commons gallery
- Scrobicularia plana
- taxon common name
- Große Pfeffermuschel
- short name
- S. plana
- regional conservation status
- Data Deficient
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