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Clam

Dosinia sp.

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Field Notes

Description:

Photo take at -40 ft on a Caribbean reef medium size shell about 9 cm in diameter all white lay at the sandy bottom, this shell empty found this very often, but i have not seen one alive.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
LivanEscudero
It's a clam of some kind... maybe Dosinia sp. or an Atlantic Surf clam???

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Global Coral Reef Monitoring
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Signs of Wildlife
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Mexico Horn of Plenty
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Yucatan Peninsula Biodiversity
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PublishedApril 13, 2012

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