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Abra alba, or the white furrow shell, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Semelidae. It occurs in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, where it lives on the floor in shallow areas buried in soft sediments. See more
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Abra alba can grow to up to 2.5 cm (1 in) long but a more usual size is 1.5 centimetres. It has a pair of thin brittle valves that are translucent, … See more
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Abra alba is found on the coasts of northwest Europe and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to 200 m (656 ft). It is common around … See more
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Abra alba feeds by means of a pair of separate long, extensible siphons, elongations of the mantle. It is mostly a deposit feeder but is also able to feed on suspended particles as does the tellin Tellina fabula, a species with which it is often associated. … See more
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WEBAbra alba lives rather deep in the bottom and feeds on sediment by means of long, individually separated stretchable siphons.
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De witte dunschaal (Abra alba) is een tweekleppigensoort met een vrij platte, dunschalige elliptische schelp met een spitse achterkant en een afgeronde voorkant. Het schelpoppervlak is is matglanzend en vrijwel zonder sculptuur, alleen fijne groeilijnen zijn aanwezig. De kleur van de schelp is wit, het periostracum is licht bruingeel maar is vaak (gedeeltelijk) verdwenen. Het slot is
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Where is Abra alba found?
Abra alba is found on the coasts of northwest Europe and the Mediterranean Sea at depths down to 200 m (656 ft). It is common around the British Isles and in the North Sea. It prefers fine, silty sand, but is also found in mud or gravel.
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What does Abra alba look like?
Abra alba can grow to up to 2.5 cm (1 in) long but a more usual size is 1.5 centimetres. It has a pair of thin brittle valves that are translucent, semi-shiny and a dirty white colour with a pale brown periostracum. The shape is roughly oval and the posterior and anterior dorsal margins are almost straight and slope to rounded ends.
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Can Abra alba be trawled?
Abra alba is a shallow burrower and has a fragile shell (Tebble, 1976) and may be damaged by impact Bergmann & Santbrink (2000) reported between <0.5%and 18% mortality of Abra alba due to trawling in the southern North Sea, depending on the type of trawl (12 m or 6 m beam trawl or otter trawl).
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What is the difference between Abra alba and Abra nitida?
Often confused with Abra nitida, but the outline of A. alba is more inequilateral, more broadly subovate with a less pointed posterior and lacks the distinct depression associated with the external ligament. Some populations are posteriorly more acute but do not have the posterior depression. Listed are literature citing Abra alba (W Wood, 1802).
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White furrow shell (Abra alba) - MarLIN - The Marine Life …
WEBAbra alba is white in colour with a glossy shell. The exterior surface of the valves is sculpted with fine concentric lines and growth stages are conspicuous within the overall …
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Abra alba (W Wood, 1802) | Marine Bivalve Shells of the British Isles
WEBSmith & Heppell name: Abra alba (W Wood, 1802) To size: To 25mm. Shell Structure: Thin, brittle. Equivalve: Almost equivalve. Equilateral: Inequilateral, beaks to the posterior. …
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Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Mollusca: Abra alba
WEB(Wood W., 1802) Description (shell): Shell thin and brittle, broadly oval, umbones posterior to midline. Sculpture of very fine concentric lines, growth stages clear.
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NDFF Verspreidingsatlas | Abra alba - Witte dunschaal
WEBAbra alba (W. Wood, 1802) Witte dunschaal. Kaart downloaden of aanpassen. Download kaart (groot) Download kaart (klein) Kaartenmachine; QR-code; Download data (csv) …
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Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Mollusca: Abra alba
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Abra alba, White furrow shell - SeaLifeBase
WEBCommon in near-coastal zone, rarely further than 30 km off the coast. Found buried deep in almost all sediment types but prefer fine-grained to muddy substrates; rare in coarse …
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Witte dunschaal Abra alba | Nederlands Soortenregister
WEBAbra alba (Wood, 1802) [soort] Witte dunschaal. In samenwerking met. Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit; Encyclopedia of Life; Universiteit van …
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