Pholadidae Lamarck 1809

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Pholadidae is a family of mussels.

EOL has data for 25 attributes, including:

geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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South Africa
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/953987
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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butte
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000287
- Definition: An isolated hill with steep sides and a small flat top, smaller than mesas and plateaus. Buttes are formed by erosion when a cap of hard rock, usually of volcanic origin, covers a layer of softer rock that is easily worn away. This hard rock avoids erosion while the rock around it wears down.
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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peat soil
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00005774
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number of public records in bold
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
- Definition: number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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35
water depth
- URI: http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/verbatimDepth
- Definition: The depth of seawater at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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0 m
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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1.761 degrees celsius

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Pholadidae Lamarck 1809. View this species on GBIF

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Pholadidae includes 12 children: