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Pen Shell

Atrina rigida

Photo by Ric3
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27.6026, -82.6474

Field Notes

Description:

They are marine bivalve molluscs in the order Pterioida. The shells are fragile and have a long and triangular shape, and in life they are anchored in sediment using a byssus.

Habitat:

Taken from the salt waters of Tampa Bay by a fisherman and discarded on a fishing pier.

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