''Petricolaria dactylus'',
common name
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petricola, is a
species of saltwater
clam, a
marine
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bivalve
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mollusk in the family
Veneridae, the Venus clams.
Habitat and distribution
''Petricolaria dactylus'' is a perforating species of substrates such as
sandstone and stony bottoms. This species is native to the eastern coast of
South America from Uruguay to the
Patagonian
Atlantic coast.
[Lejarraga, Reginaldo (2017) ''Caracoles de Monte Hermoso y Alrededores hells of Monte Hermoso and its Surroundings' Self-published ]
References
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Veneridae
Bivalves described in 1823