Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Ex Noman from Firth of Clyde. Length = 20mm.
Pseudamussium septemradiatum
<em>Pseudamussium septemradiatum</em> (O F Müller, 1776)
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Ex Noman from Firth of Clyde. Length = 20mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by R. Winckworth from Isle Of Skye. Length = 22mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by R. Winckworth from Isle Of Skye. Length = 22mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by WG Fowler Coll from Milford Haven. Length = 24mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by WG Fowler Coll from Milford Haven. Length = 26mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by WG Fowler Coll from Oban. Length = 30mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by WG Fowler Coll from Oban. Length = 30mm.
Pseudamussium septemradiatum
Key identification features
- The ears of the upper valve are nearly equal
- Less than 10 radiating ribs on the valve surface
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000177541]
Sort order
9680
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Brittle shell up to 5cm in length. It is brick red or brown in colour mottled with white and occasionally completely white. The surface is primarily sculptured with a few radiating ribs but also has less obvious radiating and concentric lines.