Zirfaea pilsbryi Pacific Rough Piddock, Pilsbry Piddock

Zirfaea pilsbryi is commonly referred to as Pacific Rough Piddock, Pilsbry Piddock. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

10572 

AphiaID:

423834 

Scientific:

Zirfaea pilsbryi 

German:

Pilsbry Bohrmuschel, Rauhe Bohrmuschel 

English:

Pacific Rough Piddock, Pilsbry Piddock 

Category:

Sea Shells 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Bivalvia (Class) > Myida (Order) > Pholadidae (Family) > Zirfaea (Genus) > pilsbryi (Species) 

Initial determination:

H. N. Lowe, 1931 

Occurrence:

Canada Eastern Pacific, Eastern Pacific Ocean, Gulf of California, Peru, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

0 - 125 Meter 

Size:

3.15" - 5.91" (8cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 53.6 °F (°C - 12°C) 

Food:

Filter feeder 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Zirfaea crispata
• 
  Zirfaea pilsbryi
  Pilsbry Bohrmuschel, Rauhe Bohrmuschel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2017-03-25 17:43:35 

Last edit:

2022-07-22 18:07:48 

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