Summary ²

Petricolaria pholadiformis, common names "false angel wing" (USA) and "American piddock" (UK), is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Petricolidae, which is related to the large family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

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1. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.femorale.com/shellphotos/photos29/58831.jpg
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False angelwing

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