Chinese Glauconome

Glauconome chinensis

• Group: Other

This small burrowing clam lives between the tides in sand and mud, and pushes into the brackish edges of mangroves where few bivalves go. It works its way through the sediment, feeding on the fine particles it filters from the water.

Taxonomy: Animalia › Mollusca › Bivalvia › Venerida › Glauconomidae › Glauconome

Species data via the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), AphiaID 507448.