![]() | Little White Tellen Top | Predatory Sea Snail S1 | ![]() | |||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Molluscs (Mollusca) - Bivalves (Bivalvia) | ||||
Order: | Venus Clams (Venerida) | ||||
Family: | Trough Shells (Mactridae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Reddish Trough Shell (Austromactra rufescens) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Top🔎 | ||||
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. | |||||
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