Hemithiris psittacea  (Black Lamp Shell)

© Neil McDaniel (Photo ID #66285)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Knight Inlet, BC
Photographer	Neil McDaniel
Habitat	marine, subtidal
Photo Date	April 05, 2014
Upload Date	May 29, 2014
Elevation (m)	-20
Latitude	50.6675
Longitude	-126.009166666667
Photo ID #	66285
Comments	Black lamp shell (brachiopod). Uncommon on fjord walls at depths of -15 metres and deeper. Wide distribution: circumboreal, Greenland, Japan, Alaska to Oregon. Common on vertical walls in Knight Inlet.