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Banded Venus
Polititapes rhomboides
Polititapes rhomboides, also known as banded venus, banded carpetclam, and banded carpet shell, is a species of bivalve belonging to the family Veneridae. It is found in the Northeast Atlantic from Norway to Morocco and in the Mediterranean from the intertidal zone down to depths of about 180 m (590 ft) but mostly shallower than 50 m.
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 752393.