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Brown Purse Shell
Isognomon perna
Isognomon perna, the brown purse shell or rayed tree oyster, is a bivalve in the family Isognomonidae common in the Indo-Pacific including Hawaii.
From the article Isognomon perna on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Isognoma perna colors range from a brown or light-yellow purse shell to beige with a brown striped pattern and resembles a miniature clam.
Range & habitat
Commonly found in the Indo-Pacific, including Hawaii, Western Polynesia, Eastern Polynesia, North to Japan Eastern to Southern Africa, New Caledonia, and Society Islands.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 429545.