Salt Marsh/Mud Flats #1

Amount of stuff in the water

• periostracum
• turbidity
• byssal threads
• halophyte

String-like, anchors the mollusks in the sand or mud.

• periostracum
• turbidity
• byssal threads
• halophyte

Brown, fuzzy, helps hold clam in place.

• periostracum
• turbidity
• byssal threads
• halophyte

salt tolerant plant

• periostracum
• turbidity
• byssal threads
• halophyte

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Stout Razor

• Guekensia

• Melampus
• Tagelus 
• Ensis

Ribbed mussel

• Geukensia
• Melampus
• Tagelus
• Ensis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Pulmonate snail

• Geukenia
• Melampus
• Tagelus
• Ensis

Jacknife Razor

• Geukensia
• Melampus
• Tagelus
• Ensis

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Dentalium

• Bay Scallop
• Southern Quahog
• Texas Tusk Shell
• Atlantic Auger

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Terebra

• Wood Crab
• Texas Tusk Shell
• Atlantic Auger
• Pulmonate Snail

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS4-2