Outside of left valve
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Shanmullen Channel, W. Ireland. Length = 34mm.
<em>Gastrana fragilis</em> (Linnaeus, 1758)
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Shanmullen Channel, W. Ireland. Length = 34mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
RareNorwegian Sea and Baltic to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Burrows in sand
Brittle shell up to about 5 cm in length. Dirty white in colour. Shell surface is rough sculptured with irregular concentric ridges and fine radiating lines. Cruciform muscle scars sometimes clear. Deep pallial sinus which is partially confluent with the pallial line.