Outside of right valve showing ridged sculpturing on valve surface
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light from Guernsey, Channel Islands. Length = 12mm.
Gouldia minima
<em>Gouldia minima</em> (Montagu, 1803)
Outside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light from Guernsey, Channel Islands. Length = 12mm.
Outside of left valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light from Guernsey, Channel Islands. Length = 12mm.
Inside of right valve
Species
Photographer / copyright holder
Steve Wilkinson
Specimen collected by Jan Light from 59o42.0'N 02o36.4'W. Length = 9mm.
Gouldia minima
Distribution and status
Common
From Norwegian Sea to Iberian Peninsula and into the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Ecology and behaviour
Shallow burrowing filter feeder. Found in sandy mud and fine/medium gravel.
Key identification features
- Pallial sinus is very small indentation
- Right valve with two anterior lateral teeth
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000175532]
Sort order
10920
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Up to about 16mm and almost round. White, yellow, brown, red or purple often with spots streaks or rays of deeper shades. Pallial sinus is a small indentation of the pallial line. The animal is greyish in colour and the mantle is spotted with brown.