Lovely Donax

Donax venustus

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 7–9 m

A small wedge clam of surf beaches, it burrows into clean, well sorted sand and rides the wash up and down the slope with the tide. It filters plankton from the water and turns up especially near the outflow of estuaries.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Donacidae › Donax

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 139603.