Kum midyesi

Chamelea gallina
#nm_0409📍 Turkish Aegean
Language
Turkish
Transliteration
Kum midyesi
IPA
/kum midjeˈsi/

Compound: kum + midye kum: sand, midye: mussel

Striped venus clam. Lives buried in sandy substrate. Important commercial species in Mediterranean.

Same species, different names