Dilate Piddock
Barnea dilatata
- Group: Other
- Max size: 10 cm
- For divers: safe
The piddock bores its own home, grinding a burrow into firm sand and mud with the rasping front of its shell. It grows to about 10 centimetres and spends its life wedged in that tunnel, filtering food from water drawn through its long siphons.
Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Myida › Pholadidae › Barnea
Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 506987.
FAQ
- Is the Dilate Piddock dangerous to divers?
- The Dilate Piddock is harmless to divers.
- How big does the Dilate Piddock get?
- The Dilate Piddock grows to about 10 cm.