Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by J. murray from Sound of Kerrera, 20fms (May 1888). Length = 15mm.
Palliolum striatum
<em>Palliolum striatum</em> (O F Müller, 1776)
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by J. murray from Sound of Kerrera, 20fms (May 1888). Length = 15mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by J. murray from Sound of Kerrera, 20fms (May 1888). Length = 15mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by J. murray from Sound of Kerrera, 20fms (May 1888). Length = 15mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Oban. Length = 11mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Oban. Length = 11mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Oban. Length = 11mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Oban. Length = 11mm.
Palliolum striatum
Distribution and status
RareDistributed from northern Norway to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.
Ecology and behaviour
Lives on hard ground where it feeds by filtering phytoplankton
Key identification features
- Anterior ears are three or four times as long as posterior
- The sculpture of the valves is different; right vale is smooth while the left has numerous radiating ribs
- The ribs are covered with projecting scales and crossed by irregular raised lines
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000176950]
Sort order
9650
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Thin, fragile, shell up to 2cm in length. It is usually white, pink or red in colour. The surface of the right valve is relatively smooth while the left has numerous radiating ribs.