| Veneridae (venus clams) |
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benthic; marine |
| Endemic to southern Australia and Tasmania. |
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Shell: delicate, moderately swollen, equivalve and inequilateral, yellowish-whitish in color; sculpture has thin pink concentric lamellae, well-spaced, curve, grooved on the outer surface, prolonged posteriorly to form a spoutlike process; in between lamellae are thin growth lines; very longe ligament deeply set in the dorsal margin runs from the umbones to the end of the hinge which is heterodont with only three cardinal teeth on each valve; muscle scars almost equal (dimyarian, isomyarian); Pallial line has a shallow sinus (sinopalliate). Body: pair of gills each has two series of lamellae extensively fused in interlamellar junctions (eulamellabranch); foot and siphon moderately developed. |
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Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| harmless |
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