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Pen Shell
Pen Shell
Pen Shell
the
PENN SHELL
American
Stiff
Pen
shell
Clam
Classi:ication:
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Order:
Pterioida
Close Relatives of the Family:
Pinnidae
Scienti:ic
name:
Atrina
rigida
Pen shell clams are : THE AMERICAN STIFF PEN SHELL CLAM
Periwinkle,
and
blood
ark,
The
bivalve
shell
is
cover
the
neck.
The
Stiff
Pen
the
right
and
left
sides
of
shell
lives
in
the
soft
the
animal.
The
shell
is
bottoms
of
an
ocean
in
To
see
a
picture
and
more
attached
dorsally
and
open
shallow
water.
They
burry
information
on
the
pen
shell
ventrally.
The
two
valves
of
themselves
and
the
clam
go
here the
bivalves
are
usually
majority
of
the
shell
is
similar
or
equal
in
size.
buried
pint
down.
It
is
a
They
have
two
muscles
that
:ilter
feeder
which
is
when
are
called
the
adductors.
it
takes
in
water
and
They
are
there
to
let
the
nourishment
by
the
gap
shell
close
rapidly
and
between
the
valves.
An
tightly.
In
the
shell
there
is
example
of
adaption
that
the
mantle
which
is
the
the
pen
shell
includes
that
:leshy
later
of
tissue.
The
the
shell
protects
it.
The
bivalves
have
two
tubes
Stiff
pen
shell
reproduces
that
are
called
siphons
that
by
gonochorism
which
is
a
are
at
the
rear
end.
They
unisexualism
which
has
two
take
in
the
oxygenated
distinct
sexes
in
the
water
and
food.
The
reproduction.
tubes
are
connected
at
Some
interesting
facts
edible.
The
Stiff
Pen
on
the
stiff
pen
shell
Shell
clam
:ilter
out
clam
is
that
it
makes
plankton
from
the
water
:leece
from
its
and
when
they
breathe
byssal
threads
and
the
large
muscle
valves
are