Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 100mm.
Pharus legumen
<em>Pharus legumen</em> (Linnaeus, 1758)
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 100mm.
Inside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 98mm.
Inside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 98mm.
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 98mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light/Ian Killeen from Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 98mm.
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 Rhossili Bay, Gower, SS408881. Length = 98mm.
Pharus legumen
Distribution and status
Distributed from the south of the UK to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean.
Ecology and behaviour
Lives in clean sand.
Similar species
- Phaxas pellucidus has one very straight and one curved side
Key identification features
- Elongate shell; almost cylindrical in outline
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000177107]
Sort order
10550
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
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Up to about 13cm in length. White or fawn in colour with light yellow or light green periostracum. Shell sculptured with fine concentric lines.