Pharidae () |
15.5 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 3 - 14 m |
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean: from Norwegian Sea and the Baltic, south to the Iberian Peninsula, into the Mediterranean, and along the Atlantic coast of Morocco. |
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Minimum depth from Ref. 105455. It is a sessile-burrower, suspension feeder (Ref. 96498). Occurs in fine sand (Ref. 105213). In general, suspension feeding bivalves mainly depend on phytoplankton and detritus material for nutrition (Ref. 107088). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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