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Bankia setacea
(Feathery Shipworm)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2249)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Halibut Point, Sitka Sound, Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
In floating timbers, docks, boats etc.
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 26, 2007
Elevation (m)
UTM Zone #
Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
2249
Notes
The shipworm is an all too common pest. In the age of mainly wooden ships these unusual bivalves were often the end of a boat's life. The greatly reduced bivalved shell are used to bore long tunnels into wood. The 'pallets' protect the opening to the burrow where the clam's siphons protrude.
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