Freshwater Pea Clams, Pisidium casertanum

Pisidium casertanum

Freshwater pea clams may have hitch-hiked to Sable by clamping on to the feathers of ducks. Since Pea Clams can reproduce from a single individual, it is also possible that the entire Sable population came from one clam.

Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Sable Island Preservation Trust

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