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smooth venus

Chionista fluctifraga

Classification

Family
Veneridae

Callista chione, the smooth clam, is a rather large, temperate, marine, bivalve mollusc that inhabits sandy bottoms or with small pebbles in clean waters down to about 200 m from the British Isles to the Mediterranean. The shell can reach up to about 110 mm Ø, its outer side is smooth and ranges from light greenish creamy colour to medium brown, probably varies to match the background; the interior is white to soft pink. The concentric and radial growth lines are easily seen.

Distribution

(c) Alberto Alcalá, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Mexico · 11United States of America · 10