Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Description The shell size varies between 20 millimetres (0.79 in) and 45 millimetres (1.8 in). The shells of this species are yellow-mouthed and develop marginal lobate digitate processes. On the outer lip the teeth are singularly arranged. The radula has small and slender lateral teeth and a greatly modified rachidian radular tooth. Distribution and habitat This species is distributed in the ...
Hard clam. The hard clam ( Mercenaria mercenaria ), also known as the round clam, hard-shell (or hard-shelled) clam, or the quahog, [a] is an edible marine bivalve mollusk that is native to the eastern shores of North America and Central America from Prince Edward Island to the Yucatán Peninsula. It is one of many unrelated edible bivalves ...
The scientific name Turbo cornutus, literally means "horned turban," and it is characterized by a hard, ventricose, spiny, imperforate shell of which the length varies between 65 and 120 mm ( and in). It has a large, thick, green-gray shell with irregular incremental striae and spiral lirae. The shell has about 5–6 whorls, which turn ...
en.wikipedia.org
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Drupella cornus commonly occurs on or under tabular corals of the genera Acropora and Montipora or on hard substrates in the lower intertidal zone and shallow sublittoral zone. In areas where Acropora and Montipora coral are rare, D. Cornus has also been known to feed on other corals such as Porites in Kenya , [6] and Pocillopora and Porites in ...
Inside the shell is the edible seed, commonly called a nut. Generally, one seed is present, but occasionally two occur. After the fruit matures, the hull splits and separates from the shell, and an abscission layer forms between the stem and the fruit so that the fruit can fall from the tree.
Typically the shell has three to four slightly raised oval holes or respiratory pores, although specimens with no holes and others with more than four have been found. These holes collectively make up what is known as the selenizone which form as the shell grows. The inside of the shell appears polished and is strongly iridescent.