Inside of right valve of Fabulina fabula showing pallial sinus
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 17mm.
<em>Fabulina fabula</em> (Gmelin, 1791)
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 17mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 19mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 22mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 22mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 22mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Celia Pain from Rhosilli Bay, Gower, S. Wales. Length = 22mm.
Common
Norway down to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Burrows in clean sand or muddy sand where it feeds on organic detritus picked up through the siphon.
Fragile shell up to about 2cm in length. Glossy white, yellow or orange in colour. Sculpture of concentric rings with diagonal striations on the right valve. Relatively deep pallial sinus which is confluent with the pallial line. Cruciform muscle scars indistinct.