Striped venus clam
Chamelea gallina
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- Language
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- Transliteration
- Striped venus clam
- IPA
- /straɪpt ˈviːnəs klæm/
From Latin venus (goddess of beauty) ↳ Family Veneridae named for shell beauty
Striped venus clam. Lives buried in sandy substrate. Important commercial species in Mediterranean.