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Animal
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Bivalves
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Animal
Name
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Anadara crebricostata (Reeve)
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Classification
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Kingdom
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Animalia
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Phylum
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Mollusca
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Class
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Bivalvia
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Order
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Arcoida
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Family
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Arcidae
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Characteristic Features |
- Shell thick, equivalve. - Outline elongate. - Hinge line straight, teeth numerous more or less vertical. - Sculpture of about 42 ribs, interspaces narrower than ribs. - Anterior ribs bisected. Periostrcum with fine erect bristles,
dark brown -Inner surface of valves white in colour. | |
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Ecology
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Habitat
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Subtidal, soft muddy bottom.
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Distribution
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