Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by W.Fowler. JECooper Coll from Oban. Length = 9mm.
Palliolum furtivum
<em>Palliolum furtivum</em> (Lovén, 1846)
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by W.Fowler. JECooper Coll from Oban. Length = 9mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by W.Fowler. JECooper Coll from Oban. Length = 9mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by W.Fowler. JECooper Coll from Oban. Length = 9mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Hebrides. Length = 10mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Hebrides. Length = 10mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Hebrides. Length = 10mm.
Palliolum furtivum
Distribution and status
UncommonDistributed from northern Norway to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean
Ecology and behaviour
Lives on muddy or gravelly sand where it filter feeds.
Key identification features
- No ribs and almost round in outline
- Anterior ears three times as long as posterior
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000176949]
Sort order
9640
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Fragile shell up to 2cm in length. The colour is variable and can include white, cream, pink, orange, brown and purple. The surface of the shell is smooth sculptured only with fine radiating and concentric lines.