Japanese Petricolid

Petricola japonica

• Group: Other

This small clam wedges itself into rock crevices and fissures in the intertidal zone, and has even been found clinging to the ceilings of submarine caves in Hong Kong. It bores into hard surfaces rather than burrowing in sand.

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

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 507414.