BoredEncrustedShell
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Description: Deutsch: Bohrspuren von Schwämmen der Gattung Cliona (Spurengattung Entobia) und Spuren inkrustrierender Serpuliden in der Klappe einer Venusmuschel der Spezies Mercenaria mercenaria aus North Carolina. Inkrustrationen und Bohrungen entstanden nach Ableben der Muschel in der leeren Klappe. English: Sponge borings (Entobia made by the genus Cliona) and encrusters on a shell of the modern hard clam, w:Mercenaria mercenaria, from North Carolina. This encrustation and boring happened after the death of the clam when the shell was empty. Français : Traces récente (dite Entobia) faite par une éponge foreuse du genre Cliona'') et traces d'organismes encroutant sur une coquille de l'espèce fr:Mercenaria mercenaria, trouvée en Caroline du Nord. L'encroutement et le "forage" de cette coquille datent d'après la mort de l'animal, quand la coquille était vide. Date: 13 May 2007 (original upload date). Source: Photograph taken by Mark A. Wilson (Department of Geology, The College of Wooster). [1]. Author: Wilson44691 at English Wikipedia.
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- Spiralia (spiralians)
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- Bivalvia (mussels)
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- Heteroconchia
- Euheterodonta
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- Venerida
- Veneroidea
- Veneridae (venus clams)
- Mercenaria (quahog)
- Mercenaria mercenaria (hard clam)
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