User:Nariyah B./Isognomon perna

Comments: great draft! You got all the info and some decent references. I can send you some info from some shell books if you'd like more info. Now you just need to polish it. For example, check your English, spelling, etc. and alwyas write a scientifc name in italics (Isognomno perna).

- Make sure you use the "Cite function to add references the correct way. Watch the training again if you forgot how.

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''-> Comment by A. Faucci Apr 11: Looks like you already copied things over to the main page. Nice work! however it also looks like by doing so you deleted the important taxabox.''

Also, you need to use the Wikipedia "Cite function to add references! check the respective training under the Resources Tab once more.

Isognomon perna or rayed tree oyster is a bivalve in the family Isognomonidae ⁽¹⁾.

Distribution

Commonly found in the Indo-Pacific, including Hawaii, Western Polynesia, Eastern Polynesia, North to Japan Eastern to Southern Africa, New Caledonia, and Society Islands ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾.

Habitat

Isognomon perna live at depths of 0-20m in tropical climates; byssally attach to rocks, reef flats, or the underside of boulders⁽²⁾. Commonly found under rocks in shallow water and arranged one on top of the other⁽⁶⁾.

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 ⁽⁵⁾.

References

1.  McCormack, Gerald (2007). Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org.

2. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved from https://www.gbif.org/species/155157035.

3.  Insognomon perna. Retrieved from https://www.sealifebase.ca/summary/Isognomon-perna.html

4.  Leske, Anne (2017). AphotoMarine. Retrieved from https://www.aphotomarine.com/bivalve_isognomon_perna.html.

5.  Our Project in Hawaii’s Intertidal. Retrieved from https://coe.hawaii.edu/opihi/organisms/isognomon-perna/

6. Hoover, John (2006). Hawai'i's Sea Creatures. A guide to Hawai'i's Marine Invertebrates. ISBN 1-56647-220-2.