Fragile Semele

Theora lata

• Group: Other

A small, brittle clam of muddy intertidal flats, it filters food particles straight from the water while sitting buried in the sediment. Its thin, fragile shell gives it the common name, and it moves only slightly through the mud.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Semelidae › Theora

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 214965.