Pectinidae gallery

PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795)

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Pseudamussium clavatum1 Pseudamussium clavatum2

Bay of Biscay, Western France

dredged at 105 m depth

H. 40.9 mm - W. 41.3 mm

Ibiza, Baleares, Mediterranean Sea

dredged in sand at 140 m depth

H. 27.0 mm - W. 25.8 mm

Pseudamussium clavatum3

Istria, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea

dredged in mud at 50-70 m depth

H. 24.8 mm - W. 22.6 mm

Remarks

Can easily be recognized between the other representative from this genus in Europe Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771) by its crenulated border of both valves, the more convex valves and the ribs (4-5 and heavy).

Pseudamussium clavatum

Pseudamussium peslutrae
The ears of Pseudamussium clavatum are also smaller and more triangular than the ears from peslutrae.

Pseudamussium clavatum

Pseudamussium peslutrae
The thickness of this species can vary from flat specimens to very thick shells (= form dumasii).