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Raven's wing

Electroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)

Status not recordedmolluscs

The raven's wing (Electroma alacorvi) is a species in the family Vulsellidae, order Ostreida.

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Quick facts about the raven's wing

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the raven's wing live?

Not recorded

Is the raven's wing endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the raven's wing classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classBivalvia
  4. orderOstreida
  5. familyVulsellidae
  6. genusElectroma
  7. SpeciesElectroma alacorvi (Dillwyn, 1817)

Synonyms Avicula cochenhauseni, Avicula costellata, Avicula electrina, Avicula flammata, Avicula japonica, Avicula livida, Avicula malleoides, Avicula pulchella, Avicula rutila, Avicula smaragdina, Avicula spadicea, Electroma japonica, Electroma ovata, Electroma pygmaea, Electroma tragulata, Margaritifera semiaurita, Meleagrina ovata, Meleagrina tongana, Mytilus alacorvi, Mytilus meleagridis, Pteria alacorvi, Pteria malleoides, Pteria spadicea

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • Smaragdina little wing shellEnglish
  • シマウグイスJapanese
  • 전기줄무늬진주조개Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the raven's wing

Other species in the same genus Electroma.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the raven's wing?

The raven's wing (Electroma alacorvi) belongs to the family Vulsellidae in the order Ostreida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Raven's wing (Electroma alacorvi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ravens-wing

MLA

“Raven's wing (Electroma alacorvi).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ravens-wing.

BibTeX
@misc{ravens_wing_2026,
  title = {Raven's wing (Electroma alacorvi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ravens-wing},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}