Detail of shell surface
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by A. Arthor from Grado, Italy.July 1983..
Plagiocardium papillosum
<em>Plagiocardium papillosum</em> (Poli, 1795)
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by A. Arthor from Grado, Italy.July 1983..
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by A. Arthor from Grado, Italy.July 1983..
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by A. Arthor from Grado, Italy.July 1983..
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by A. Arthor from Grado, Italy.July 1983..
Plagiocardium papillosum
Distribution and status
RareA southern species, extending from the south side of the English Channel along Atlantic coasts to Angola, also Mediterranean.
Ecology and behaviour
Living in sand and shell gravel, 4-200m.
Key identification features
- Ribs have fairly wide-set globular tubercles (not spines)
- The grooves between the ribs have slits or notches
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000185717]
Sort order
10320
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Up to 15mm long, 14mm high, 10mm wide, solid, plump, almost equilateral. 22-27 radial ribs, flattened with narrow pitted grooves between.