Variation in Sphenia binghami
Issue
12
Page
20
Species
In July 2003 my colleagues in the National Museum of Wales carried out an extensive survey of the bent
Sphenia binghami
<em>Sphenia binghami</em> Turton, 1822
Sphenia binghami
Ecology and behaviour
Lives attached by byssus threads in crevices or holes bored by other molluscs or within Laminaria holdfasts.
Key identification features
- ?Chondrophore not projecting beyond dorsal anterior line
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000178073]
Sort order
11130
Taxonomic group
Marine bivalve
Brittle shell up to about 1.5cm in length. The right valve is slightly larger than the left. Both inside and outside of shell is white. The surface of the shell is sculptured with fine concentric lines (?and irregular concentric undulations). The pallial sinus is deep.