Rough Pitar Venus

Pitar rudis

• Group: Other

A small clam of muddy seafloors thick with broken shell and grit, the rough pitar venus stays buried and draws a steady current of water through its body to filter out food. It is an active suspension feeder, sieving plankton from the flow rather than waiting for it to settle.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Venerida › Veneridae › Pitar

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 141926.