Petricolaria pholadiformis False angelwing

Petricolaria pholadiformis is commonly referred to as False angelwing. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

6992 

AphiaID:

156961 

Scientific:

Petricolaria pholadiformis 

German:

Amerikanische Bohrmuschel 

English:

False Angelwing 

Category:

Bivalves 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Venerida (Order) > Veneridae (Family) > Petricolaria (Genus) > pholadiformis (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1818 

Occurrence:

Algeria, Canada Eastern Pacific, Congo, East-Atlantic Ocean, European Coasts, Morocco, Spain, the Mediterranean Sea, USA, West Africa 

Size:

1.57" - 2.52" (4cm - 6.4cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 73.4 °F (°C - 23°C) 

Food:

Plankton, Suspension feeder 

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Petricolaria cognata
• Petricolaria cultellus
• Petricolaria donnae
• Petricolaria gracilis
• 
  Petricolaria pholadiformis
  Amerikanische Bohrmuschel
• Petricolaria serrata
• Petricolaria stellae

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2014-04-11 18:49:32 

Last edit:

2014-04-11 18:49:32 

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