Swimming behaviour of juvenile Mactra chinensis (Mollusca: Bivalvia)

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Shot Date: 2008/08/25
Shot Location: Niigata, Japan

species
Mactra chinensis

Key Words
swim
bivalve
juvenile
foot
tank

Yoshitake Takada
2013/05/16 submitted

Animalia >Mollusca >Bivalvia >Veneroida >Mactridae >Mactra >

Swimming behaviour of juvenile Mactra chinensis (Mollusca: Bivalve) observed in a tank. Juvenile clams can swim by pedal flapping after launch from the bottom by leaping.

Supplemental material of
Takada Y, Ito Y, Hayashi I (2013) Swimming ability of juvenile Mactra chinensis by pedal flapping. Venus 71: 199-207

(Data No.momo130516mc01b)

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