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Pacific Arctic Benthic Species
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Thyasira flexuosa (Montagu, 1803)

Size
Up to 12 mm, usually 5-6 mm.

Color
White.

Habitat
Silty and sandy sediments.

Depth
Mainly in sublitoral.

Feeding
Deposit feeder.

Life cycle
Direct development in protective capsule.

Distribution
Widespread boreal-arctic.
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