Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Steve Wilkinson from Shanmullen Channel, W. Ireland. Length = 34mm.
Gastrana fragilis
<em>Gastrana fragilis</em> (Linnaeus, 1758)
Inside of right valve of Gastrana fragilis showing pallial sinus
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Close up of inside of left valve of Gastrana fragilis showing pallial sinus
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Inside of left valve of Gastrana fragilis showing pallial sinus
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Right valve of Gastrana fragilis
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Left valve of Gastrana fragilis
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected from Bantry Bay, Co. Cork. Length = 37mm.
Gastrana fragilis
Distribution and status
RareNorwegian Sea and Baltic to the Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Ecology and behaviour
Burrows in sand
Key identification features
- Lower margin of pallial sinus not entirely confluent with pallial line
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000182198]
Sort order
10710
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
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.