Stout Tagelus Tagelus plebeius    Synonyms: Stout Razor Clam.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Mollusca   >   Class Bivalvia   >   Order Veneroida   >   Family Tellinidae   >   Genus Tagelus   

Description:

Purplish Tagelus is smaller, shorter and with the periostracum being olive with a purplish tint (P. Osenton, pers. comm.).

Relationships:

A popular food item for diving sea ducks (P. Osenton, pers. comm.).

There are 76 records in the project database.

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Stout Tagelus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/18/2020). (c) tim the red1, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by tim_the_red1 via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Stout Tagelus in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (5/28/2013). Photo by Robert Aguilar, SERC. (MBP list)

A Stout Tagelus in Calvert Co., Maryland (2/8/2016). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Stout Tagelus in Worcester Co., Maryland (3/21/2021). (c) wildluker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by wildluker via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

Stout Tagelus in Worcester Co., Maryland (2/17/2019). (c) Ashley M Bradford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by Ashley Bradford. (MBP list)

Stout Tagelus in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (12/17/2017). Photo by Tyler Bell. (MBP list)

Stout Tagelus in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (10/4/2020). (c) annagypsy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA). Photo by annagypsy via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Stout Tagelus in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (12/17/2016). Same individual as below. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)

A Stout Tagelus in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (12/17/2016). Same individual as above. Photo by Bill Hubick. (MBP list)


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