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Penitella penita Flat-Tipped Piddock, Common Piddock, Left Piddock

Penitella penitais commonly referred to as Flat-Tipped Piddock, Common Piddock, Left Piddock. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Penitella penita, Common Piddock, Siphons.Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2012


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lexID:
14031 
AphiaID:
507013 
Scientific:
Penitella penita 
German:
Bohrmuscheln 
English:
Flat-Tipped Piddock, Common Piddock, Left Piddock 
Category:
Sea Shells 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Myida (Order) > Pholadidae (Family) > Penitella (Genus) > penita (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Conrad, ), 1837 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, Mexico (East Pacific), Peru, USA 
Sea depth:
1 - 90 Meter 
Size:
9,5 cm 
Food:
Filter feeder, Plankton 
Difficulty:
Not suitable for aquarium keeping 
Offspring:
None 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
  • Penitella acutithyra
  • Penitella conradi
  • Penitella dolichothyra
  • Penitella fitchi
  • Penitella gabbii
  • Penitella hopkinsi
  • Penitella penita
    Bohrmuscheln
  • Penitella richardsoni
  • Penitella turnerae
 
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Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2021-07-30 15:59:10 

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Penitella penita (Conrad, 1837)

This boring clam rotates ist shell to drill in soft-rock and hatd-clay bottoms.Each shell has to very different halves with rough hind end doing abrading.

Synonymised names:
Penitella curvata Tryon, 1865
Penitella speloea Conrad, 1855
Pholadidea penita (Conrad, 1837)
Pholadidea penita sagitta Dall, 1916
Pholas concamerata Deshayes, 1839
Pholas penita Conrad, 1837 (original combination)

Scientific paper

  1. Functional micromorphology and circadian growth of the rock-boring clam Penitella penita, Evans, J. W.; LeMessurier, Marie H. , 1972
  2. Sexuality in the rock-boring clam Penitella penita (Conrad 1837), Evans, John W., 1970
  3. The Role of Penitella Penita (Conrad 1837) (Family Pholadidae) as Eroders Along the Pacific Coast of North America, John W. Evans, 1968
  4. The effect of rock hardness and other factors on the shape of the burrow of the rock-boring clam, Penitella penita, John W. Evans, 1968
  5. Growth Rate of the Rock-Boring Clam Penitella Penita (Conrad 1837) in Relation to Hardness of Rock and Other Factors, John W. Evans, 1968

External links

  1. Invertebrates of the Salish Sea (en). Abgerufen am 30.07.2021.
  2. WoRMS (en). Abgerufen am 30.07.2021.

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Gaper Siphon.Pillar Point Tidepools.2014
Penitella penita, Common Piddock, Siphons.Montana de Oro State Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA 2012

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