Global InformationSolecurtus strigilatus information
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| S. strigilatus in Iconographia Zoologica, a 19th-century collection of zoological images | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Superfamily: | Tellinoidea |
| Family: | Solecurtidae |
| Genus: | Solecurtus |
| Species: | S. strigilatus
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| Solecurtus strigilatus (Linnaeus, 1758) [1]
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Solecurtus strigilatus, also known as the rosy razor clam, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Solecurtidae. This mollusc is a suspension feeder and can burrow with great rapidity to escape predators.[2] It is an unusual bivalve in that its shell valves are too small to contain all the soft tissue, and the animal is unable to retreat into its shell.
- ^ a b Gofas, Serge (2004). "Solecurtus strigilatus (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ Bromley, Richard G. (2012). Trace Fossils: Biology, Taxonomy and Applications. Routledge. pp. 69–72. ISBN 978-1-135-07607-8.