Foliated Tellin (species: Phylloda foliacea) in Frankland Island Group, QLD (Gaia Guide)
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Phylloda foliacea
Foliated Tellin


©David: Foliated Tellin (Phylloda foliacea), Normanby Island

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Veneroida
Family Tellinidae
Genus Phylloda
Species Phylloda foliacea

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Never challenge a Foliated Tellin to a drinking competition. They produce an Alcohol Metabolism Promoter (an enzyme which breakdowns alcohol, reducing the amount in the blood).

The enzyme also reduces the level of acetaldehyde in the blood which is the by-product of how we breakdown alcohol and what gives us a hangover.

by David Witherall

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