| Family: |
Veneridae (venus clams) |
| Max. size: |
15 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
benthic; marine; depth range 7 - 150 m |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Pacific: Socorro Island, Mexico to Santa Cruz, California, USA. |
| Diagnosis: |
The shell is strong, heavy, and generally smooth though sculptured with fine concentric growth lines; beak nearly central; ligament obvious, elongate, set in deep groove; periostracum shiny, greenish to brownish; shell pale buff to dark chocolate, occasionally marked with brown or purple-brown bands. |
| Biology: |
Maximum depth from Ref. 101605. Filter-feeder, feeds on phyto- and zooplankton, bacteria and detritus. Its predators may include crabs, snails, gulls, sea otters, sharks, rays and some fishes (Ref. 101635). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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| Threat to humans: |
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