Jactellina clathrata explained

Jactellina clathrata, commonly known as the shiborizakura tellin (squeezed cherry blossom tellin), is a species of tellinid, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Tellinidae.

Description

The shells of these burrowing tellins are oval, elongated and much flattened.^{[1] [2]} The two valves are connected by a large external ligament. They burrow into neritic (or sublittoral) sand habitats.^[3] Deshayes originally described Jactellina clathrata as having characteristics similar to Fabulina fabula, which burrows into silty sand in sublittoral habitats and extends an inhalant siphon above the sediment surface to feed.^[4] The inhalant siphon sucks in suspended particles and vacuums up detritus from the sediment surface. ^[5] A second siphon expels the filtered intake.^[6]

Distribution

This species occurs widely in Western Pacific Ocean and along northern Australia, East Timor, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Japan, Hawaii and Vanuatu.^[7] On some tropical shores they are among the most abundant occur bivalves.^[8]

Habitat

These tellins live in sands in the neritic zone (sublittoral zone).

Notes and References

1. Book: Barrett . J. H. . Collins Pocket Guide to the Sea Shore . Yonge . C. M. . Collins . 1958 . London . 112 . 978-0-216-92417-8 .
2. Book: Lamarck . Jean-Baptiste . Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres : les caractères généraux et particuliers de ces animaux, leur distribution, leurs classes, leurs families, leurs genres, et la citation des principales espèces qui s'y rapportent ; précédée d'une introduction . Lamarck . Jean-Baptiste . Deshayes . G. P. . Dujardin . Félix . Milne-Edwards . H. . Nordmann . Alexander von . 1835 . J.B. Baillière, Libraire, rue de l'école de médecine, 13 Bis . Deuxième Édition : revue et augmentée de notes présentant les faits nouveaux dont la science s'est enrichie jusqu'à ce jour; par mm. G. P. Deshayes et H. Milne Edwards. . Londres . 208–209.
3. Taylor . John D. . 1978 . FAUNAL RESPONSE TO THE INSTABILITY OF REEF HABITATS: PLEISTOCENE MOLLUSCAN ASSEMBLAGES OF ALDABRA ATOLL . Palaeontology . 21 . 1–2 . 23 . 30 May 2024 . Internet Archive.
4. Web site: Marine Biological Association . BIOTIC Species Information for Tellina fabula . 2024-05-31 . www.marlin.ac.uk.
5. Web site: Bean-like tellin (Fabulina fabula) - MarLIN - The Marine Life Information Network . 2024-05-31 . www.marlin.ac.uk . en-GB.
6. Salzwedel . Horst . 2022-03-11 . Zur Ökologie von Tellina fabula Gmelin (Bivalvia) in der Deutschen Bucht . Dissertation . en.
7. Web site: Atlas of Living Australia . Species: Jactellina clathrata . 2024-05-30 . bie.ala.org.au . en-AU.
8. Book: Glover . E. A. . Lucinid bivalves of Singapore and their relationships (Bivalvia: Lucinidae) . Williams . S. T. . Taylor . J. D. . 2016 . 544 . English.