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Coquina clam

Donax variabilis

Description:

These small saltwater clams, which are marine bivalve mollusks, are edible. When tide waves wash them out of the sand, they can dig back in again quite rapidly, something I witnessed but did not film; someone else did previously: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMLmAVRtW...

Habitat:

Topsail Island beach

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1 Comment

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 11 years ago

Beautiful pictures Maria.

Maria dB
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Maria dB

Topsail Beach, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Sep 6, 2012
Submitted on Sep 9, 2012

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