Rhabdus rectius
| Rhabdus rectius | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Scaphopoda |
| Order: | Dentaliida |
| Family: | Rhabdidae |
| Genus: | Rhabdus |
| Species: | R. rectius |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhabdus rectius Carpenter, 1864 | |
Rhabdus rectius is a species of scaphopod, a small marine mollusc native to the coast of central California whose shell, like that of all the members of its order, resembles a tusk, hence the common name, "the tusk shells". R. rectius is a generalist carnivore found living in shallow silty and sandy substrates. Aside from the usual diet of foraminiferans, it also eats sediment and fecal pellets. It has a thin, straight shell which becomes fragile when dehydrated. Some adult specimens are more than 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long, and have a diameter of about 6 mm.[1]
References
- ↑ Sol Felty Light; James T. Carlton (2007). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. University of California Press. p. 696. ISBN 978-0-520-23939-5.