Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Channeled Duckclam
Description
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Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of -7 meters (-23 feet).[1]
Biome: Coastal.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
()
- Order:
Veneroida
()
- H. & A. Adams, 1856
- Superfamily:
Mactroidea
()
- Family:
Mactridae
()
- Lamarck, 1809
- Subfamily:
Pteropsellinae
()
- Genus:
Raeta
()
- Gray, 1853
- Specific name:
plicatella
- (Lamarck, 1818)
- Scientific name: - Raeta plicatella (Lamarck, 1818)
- Specific name:
plicatella
- (Lamarck, 1818)
- Genus:
Raeta
(
- Subfamily:
Pteropsellinae
(
- Family:
Mactridae
(
- Superfamily:
Mactroidea
(
- Order:
Veneroida
(
- Superorder:
Eulamellibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Raeta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
R. plicatella (Channeled Duckclam) · R. undulata (Pacific Duckclam)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Mollusks of the tropical eastern Pacific: particularly from the southern half of the Panamic-Pacific faunal province (Panama to Peru); Panamic-Pacific Pelecypoda / by Axel A. Olsson. Ithaca, N.Y.: Paleontological Research Institution, 1961. url p. 331.
- Texas conchologist. [Houston, Houston Conchology Society], 1964- url p. 10, p. 17, p. 18, p. 39, p. 41, p. 5, p. 57, p. 76, p. 78, p. 94.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Accessed February 26, 2006. www.iobis.org
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: EPA'S EMAP Database
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: NBI
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2693295
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-80974
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 80974
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IMBIVB1010
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 159698
Footnotes
- Standard Deviation = 19.080 based on 3 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
