Detail of inside of anterior end of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Phaxas pellucidus
<em>Phaxas pellucidus</em> (Pennant, 1777)
Inside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Inside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Inside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Exterior and interior of left valve annotated to show pallial sinus and muscle scars
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Loch Creran. Length = 30mm.
Phaxas pellucidus
Distribution and status
Distributed from northern Norway and the Baltic south to the Iberian Peninsula.
Ecology and behaviour
Burrows in fine sand or muddy sand offshore or occasionally at extreme low water.
Similar species
- Pharus legumen has more cylindrical outline
Key identification features
- Shell has one straight side and one obviously curved side
- Posterior adductor muscle scar meets the pallial sinus
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000177113]
Sort order
10560
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
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Roughly rectangular shell with rounded corners up to about 4cm in length. White or cream in colour sometimes with red-brown streaks. Periostracum yellow-green. Surface sculptured with fine concentric lines and very fine, serrated, radiating lines in the anterior half. Growth stages clear.