Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Porcupine Expedn from Atlantic. Length = 14mm.
Chlamys subsulcata
<em>Chlamys subsulcata</em> (Locard, 1898)
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Porcupine Expedn from Atlantic. Length = 14mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Porcupine Expedn from Atlantic. Length = 14mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Porcupine Expedn from Atlantic. Length = 14mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Winckworth Coll from 60o26'N 4o02'W. Length = 18mm.
Chlamys subsulcata
Distribution and status
Rare. Distributed from northern Norway to the Mediterranean
The map provided here shows the distribution of the species based on Conchological Society data.
Key identification features
- Two types of rib, one smaller than the other, which alternate across the shell surface
- All ribs have one or two rows of tubercles
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000180397]
Sort order
9610
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Brittle shell up to 2.5 cm in length. It is white, yellow, brown, pink or orange in colour. The surface is sculptured with broad ribs interspersed with finer ones all of which are covered with tubercles. Concentric lines are also present.