(Korsvika - The Trondheim Fjord / 17 meters / 2.07.2004)

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Bivalvia

Order: Veneroida

Family: Psammobiidae

Scientific name: Gari fervensis

 

Norwegian: flammeskjell

Distribution: Common along the entire Norwegian coast, as far north as the western parts of Finnmark. It lives burried in mixed sand and gravel in the subtidal zone.

Characteristics: The shell is more than twice as long as deep. It can reach a length of 5 cm. It has a large number of clearly visible concentric ridges. The most characteristic feature is perhaps the keel starting in apex and running to one of the opposite corners. It has a very thin and long siphon.

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