Barnea candida

Barnea candida
Temporal range: Holocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myoida
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Barnea
Species: B. candida
Binomial name
Barnea candida
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Barnea candida is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae.

Description

The shell is long and covered in horizontal ribs, crossed by vertical ribs, forming a structure. On the intersections are scale formed spikes. A narrow and curved edge is located on the inside of the shell.

Size

Colour

Chalk-white, yellow-white or grey.

Fossil

Barnea candida is common in the North Sea region in deposits from the Holocene, the Eemian Stage and late Middle Pleistocene.

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