Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by ex JA Allen Collection from Milport, Cumbrae.. Height = 10mm.
Parvicardium ovale
<em>Parvicardium ovale</em> (G B Sowerby II, 1840)
Parvicardium ovale
Distribution and status
Locally common. Distributed from Iceland and Finland south to Morocco, the Canaries and the Mediterranean.
Ecology and behaviour
Burrows in muddy sand, sand and muddy gravel and shell gravel from low water to 150m.
Key identification features
- Spines on 7-8 posterior ribs and tubercles on the 8-10 anterior ribs
- Surface has 24-26 ribs
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000177022]
Sort order
10300
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Up to 8mm long, 7mm high, 5,5mm across, oval-triangular, somewhat inequilateral, skewed, slightly keeled.