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Conrad Thracia

Thracia conradi Couthouy 1839

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Thracia conradi (Conrad Thracia) is a species of mussels in the family Thraciidae. They are downward conveyors. Individuals can grow to 75 mm. They have sexual reproduction. They are facultatively mobile animals.

  • URI: http://polytraits.lifewatchgreece.eu/terms/RW_DC
  • Definition: Downward conveyors exhibit a feeding strategy opposite to that of upward conveyors. Vertically oriented head-up feeders actively select and ingest particles at the surface and egest these non-locally as faeces in deeper sediment strata
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  • URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0019953
  • Definition: Capable of creating a new organism by combining the genetic material of two gametes, which may come from two parent organisms or from a single organism, in the case of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of conrad thracia. View this species on GBIF