Anne Frijsinger & Mat Vestjens, Holland
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(Solander, 1786)
The nussle lives on muddy sand and gravel, from the lower shore into the shallow sublittoral.
Colour:
Off-white, yellow, or light brown, often in concentric bands of different shades, frequently darker about umbones. Periostracum thin, yellowish. Inner surface white, glossy ventrally, becoming dull beneath the umbones (A. tuberculata-drawing).
Marine Species Identification Portal
Synonyms:
Cardium erinaceum Lamarck, 1819 (junior synonym)
Cardium erinaceum var. alba Monterosato, 1872
The nussle lives on muddy sand and gravel, from the lower shore into the shallow sublittoral.
Colour:
Off-white, yellow, or light brown, often in concentric bands of different shades, frequently darker about umbones. Periostracum thin, yellowish. Inner surface white, glossy ventrally, becoming dull beneath the umbones (A. tuberculata-drawing).
Marine Species Identification Portal
Synonyms:
Cardium erinaceum Lamarck, 1819 (junior synonym)
Cardium erinaceum var. alba Monterosato, 1872
