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Flame scallop

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The flame scallop or rough fileclam, scientific name Ctenoides scaber, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Limidae the file clams. [1]

20 relations: Animal, Aquatic respiration, Binomial nomenclature, Bivalvia, Caribbean Sea, Carotenoid, Coral, Ctenoides ales, Family (biology), Filtration, Gill, Herbivore, Ignaz von Born, Limidae, Mantle (mollusc), Mollusca, Ocean, Phytoplankton, Pteriomorphia, Tentacle.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Aquatic respiration

Aquatic respiration is the process whereby an aquatic animal obtains oxygen from water.

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea (Mar Caribe; Mer des Caraïbes; Caraïbische Zee) is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

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Carotenoid

Carotenoids, also called tetraterpenoids, are organic pigments that are produced by plants and algae, as well as several bacteria and fungi.

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Coral

Corals are marine invertebrates in the class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria.

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Ctenoides ales

Ctenoides ales is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Limidae, the file clams.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Filtration

Filtration is any of various mechanical, physical or biological operations that separate solids from fluids (liquids or gases) by adding a medium through which only the fluid can pass.

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Gill

A gill is a respiratory organ found in many aquatic organisms that extracts dissolved oxygen from water and excretes carbon dioxide.

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Herbivore

A herbivore is an animal anatomically and physiologically adapted to eating plant material, for example foliage, for the main component of its diet.

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Ignaz von Born

Ignaz Edler von Born, also known as Ignatius von Born (Born Ignác, Ignațiu von Born, Ignác Born) (26 December 1742 in Alba Iulia, Grand Principality of Transylvania, Habsburg Monarchy – 24 July 1791 in Vienna), was a mineralogist and metallurgist.

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Limidae

The Limidae or file shells are members of the only family of bivalve molluscs in the suborder Limoida.

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Mantle (mollusc)

The mantle (also known by the Latin word pallium meaning mantle, robe or cloak, adjective pallial) is a significant part of the anatomy of molluscs: it is the dorsal body wall which covers the visceral mass and usually protrudes in the form of flaps well beyond the visceral mass itself.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Ocean

An ocean (the sea of classical antiquity) is a body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Phytoplankton

Phytoplankton are the autotrophic (self-feeding) components of the plankton community and a key part of oceans, seas and freshwater basin ecosystems.

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Pteriomorphia

The Pteriomorphia comprise a subclass of saltwater clams, marine bivalve mollusks.

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Tentacle

In zoology, a tentacle is a flexible, mobile, elongated organ present in some species of animals, most of them invertebrates.

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Ctenoides scaber, Flame Scallop, Lima scabra, Rough Fileclam.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flame_scallop

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