Spiny Myrtea

Myrtea spinifera

• Group: Other
• Typical depth: 7–200 m

A small clam with a spiny shelled margin, living buried in soft bottoms from about seven down to two hundred metres. It is an active suspension feeder, sitting anchored in the sediment and straining particles from the passing water.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Lucinida › Lucinidae › Myrtea

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 140287.