Jactellina clathrata
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| Jactellina clathrata | |
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| A shell of Jactellina clathrata. Note portion of large external ligament still attached to upper left of each oval, elongated valve. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Cardiida |
| Family: | Tellinidae |
| Genus: | Jactellina |
| Species: | J. clathrata |
| Binomial name | |
| Jactellina clathrata (Deshayes, 1835) | |
Jactellina clathrata, commonly known as the shiborizakura tellin (squeezed cherry blossom tellin), is a species of tellinid, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae.[1]
The shells of these burrowing tellins are oval, elongated and much flattened.[2][3] The two valves are connected by a large external ligament.[2] They burrow into neritic (or sublittoral) sand habitats.[4] Deshayes originally described Jactellina clathrata as having characteristics similar to Fabulina fabula,[3] which burrows into silty sand in sublittoral habitats and extends an inhalant siphon above the sediment surface to feed.[5] The inhalant siphon sucks in suspended particles and vacuums up detritus from the sediment surface.[5][6] A second siphon expels the filtered intake.[2][7]
