Jactellina clathrata

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Jactellina clathrata
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A shell of Jactellina clathrata. Note portion of large external ligament still attached to upper left of each oval, elongated valve.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Cardiida
Family: Tellinidae
Genus: Jactellina
Species:
J. clathrata
Binomial name
Jactellina clathrata
(Deshayes, 1835)

Jactellina clathrata, commonly known as the shiborizakura tellin (squeezed cherry blossom tellin), is a species of tellinid, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae. [1]

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Description

The shells of these burrowing tellins are oval, elongated and much flattened. [2] [3] The two valves are connected by a large external ligament. [2] They burrow into neritic (or sublittoral) sand habitats. [4] Deshayes originally described Jactellina clathrata as having characteristics similar to Fabulina fabula, [3] which burrows into silty sand in sublittoral habitats and extends an inhalant siphon above the sediment surface to feed. [5] The inhalant siphon sucks in suspended particles and vacuums up detritus from the sediment surface. [5] [6] A second siphon expels the filtered intake. [2] [7]

Distribution

This species occurs widely in Western Pacific Ocean and along northern Australia, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Japan, Hawaii and Vanuatu. [8] On some tropical shores they are among the most abundant occur bivalves. [9]

Habitat

These tellins live in sands in the neritic zone (sublittoral zone). [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Jactellina clathrata (Deshayes, 1835)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. 1 2 3 Barrett, J. H.; Yonge, C. M. (1958). Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore. London: Collins. p. 112. ISBN   978-0-216-92417-8.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  3. 1 2 Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste; Lamarck, Jean-Baptiste; Deshayes, G. P.; Dujardin, Félix; Milne-Edwards, H.; Nordmann, Alexander von (1835). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres : les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs families, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent ; précédée d'une introduction (Deuxième Édition : revue et augmentée de notes présentant les faits nouveaux dont la science s'est enrichie jusqu'à ce jour; par mm. G. P. Deshayes et H. Milne Edwards. ed.). Londres: J.B. Baillière, Libraire, rue de l'école de médecine, 13 Bis. pp. 208–209.
  4. 1 2 Taylor, John D. (1978). "FAUNAL RESPONSE TO THE INSTABILITY OF REEF HABITATS: PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES OF ALDABRA ATOLL". Palaeontology. 21 (1–2): 23. Retrieved 30 May 2024– via Internet Archive.
  5. 1 2 Marine Biological Association. "BIOTIC Species Information for Tellina fabula". www.marlin.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Bean-like tellin (Fabulina fabula) - MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network". www.marlin.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-05-31.
  7. ↑ Salzwedel, Horst (2022-03-11). "Zur Ökologie von Tellina fabula Gmelin (Bivalvia) in der Deutschen Bucht". Dissertation.
  8. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Jactellina clathrata". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  9. ↑ Glover, E. A.; Williams, S. T.; Taylor, J. D. (2016). Lucinid bivalves of Singapore and their relationships (Bivalvia: Lucinidae). p. 544.


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