California Tagelus

Tagelus californianus

• Group: Other

This bean clam lives head down in a permanent burrow dug between 10 and 50 centimetres into muddy sand in back bays, sloughs and estuaries. It stays put and feeds on suspended material drawn in through siphons that reach up to the surface.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Cardiida › Solecurtidae › Tagelus

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 507361.