Biology:Clausinella fasciata

Short description: Species of bivalve

Clausinella fasciata Temporal range: Middle Miocene – Present, 20.43–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Clausinella fasciata from Pliocene of Italy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Clausinella
Species:	C. fasciata
Binomial name
Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
Synonyms
List Pectunculus fasciata da Costa, 1778 Venus fasciata (da Costa, 1778) Venus paphia Montagu, 1803 Venus brongniartii Payraudeau, 1826 Clausinella brongniartii (Payraudeau, 1826) Venus biradiata Risso, 1826 Venus scalaris Bronn, 1832 Venus decipiens Hanley, 1845 Venus busschaerdi Réquien, 1848 Venus duminyi Réquien, 1848 Venus phliippiae Réquien, 1848

Clausinella fasciata, the banded venus, is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae.

Fossil record

Fossils of Clausinella fasciata are found in marine strata from the Miocene until the Quaternary (age range: from 20.43 to 0.012 million years ago). Fossils are known from various localities in Cyprus, Italy, Germany , United Kingdom , Morocco and Spain .

Clausinella fasciata from Illustrated Index of British Shells, Plate II., Fig 14

Description

This species has a solid, flat, sub-triangular shell which grows to 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) in length. Surface colour is variable; red, pink, purple, yellow or brown with radiating bands and colourful streaks. It may have up to fifteen broad concentric ridges on older specimens. The interior is dull white.

Distribution and habitat

The banded venus has a recorded distribution and common around all coasts of the British Isles. It is found in coarse gravel, typically containing sand or shell fragments, down to depths of as much as 100 metres (330 ft).

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3013036 entry