| Timoclea ovata (Pennant, 1777) |
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| Iceland & Norway to Angola, Canarias. Azores to Black Sea. « A shallow burrower in sand, muddy sand, shell-gravel and gravel » (MBSBI). Intertidal to continental shelf (MarLIN). Original taxon: Venus ovata. Synonyms: alopis, myrrha, pectinula. Trawled off Málaga, Andalucia, S. Spain. 13-13mm. |
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| 15-20m deep, Málaga. 13-14mm. |
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Venus ovata in T. Pennant: Britrish zoology vol. IV, London 1777 via BHL. « Venus with ovated shells, striated elegantly from hinge to margin, and slightly striated transversely. Size of a horse-bean. » |
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| Two shells from United Kingdom: Trawled at 40m deep, on muddy gravel bottom, off Minehead, West Sommerset, Bristol Channel, SW. England. 5-6mm. |
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| Above and below: specimens collected at low tide, on rough sand, around the Roc’h Vran, Keremma bay, west of Plouescat, NW. Brittany, NW. France. 9-12mm. |
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| At first sight, the shell looks like a small Cardiid. |
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| A juvenile from 50m deep, Scilla, Reggio Calabria, Messina Strait, SW. Italy. 1,5mm. |
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| Beach drift, La Franqui, Leucate, Occitania, S. France. 5mm. Original pictures provided by S. Clanzig (FR). – CC BY-NC-SA – |
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