Little White Tellen
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Coastal Area
Predatory Sea Snail
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Reddish Trough Shell (Austromactra rufescens)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Molluscs (Mollusca) - Bivalves (Bivalvia)
Order: Venus Clams (Venerida)
Family: Trough Shells (Mactridae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Reddish Trough Shell (Austromactra rufescens)
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Thank you Ben Travaglini for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Seen in Coastal Areas
~55mm wide.
Found on the beach by our little 16m old grandson.
We thought it was a cockle or pipi, but it's in a totally different taxon order!
Ben said "Almost definitely has to be this species, just haven't seen one with ribs this far towards the umbo."
The umbo is the raised bit at the top of the photo; near the hinge.

Copyright © 2024-2025 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 10-Jul-2024
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.