Image of Spisula discors (Gray 1837)
Description:
These frquently appear in numbers on Tomatea Point and it seems they live quite locally on the small mudflat area between here and the outlet to the Pakawau inlet deeply buried in their favourite substrate. Easily confused with S murchisoni but shells whiter once periostracum is lost.
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- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (animals)
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- Spiralia (spiralians)
- Mollusca (molluscs)
- Bivalvia (mussels)
- Euheterodonta
- Imparidentia
- Mactroidea
- Mactridae
- Spisula
- Spisula discors
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