Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) |
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Barents Sea to Angola, Mediterranean, Black Sea; Greenland to Florida, Antilles, northern Brasil. Introduced in California and Australia. The species lives in sediments, often with a part of mud, from intertidal grounds to the continental shelf. Suspension feeder. Original taxon: Tellina gibba. Synonyms: ovata, nucleus, naticuta, inaequivalvis… – Beach, San Carlos de la Rapita, Tarragona, Catalunya, NE. Spain. 10-11mm. |
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25m deep on sand, Areyns, Barcelona, Catalunya. 10mm. |
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Variants albida, fusca, radiata… In mud in shallow water, Ancona, Marche, NE. Italy. 12mm. |
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In mud, Mare Grande, Taranto city, Puglia, S. Italy. 8,5-9mm. |
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Corbula striata in G. P. Deshayes: “Hist. Nat. Mollusques t. I”, Exploration scientifique de l’Algérie, Paris 1844-1867, via BHL. |
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In nets, Gulf of Saros, NW. Marmara province, NW. Turkey. Original picture provided by Y. Mollaoğlu (TR). – (CC BY-NC-SA) – |
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Specimens from near Atlantic. 20-30m deep, Setubal, Lisboa coast, Portugal. 10-11mm. |
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Specimens from NE. Atlantic, trawled at 90-96m deep on muddy soil, south of Fetlar Island, Shetland. 8-9mm.![]() |
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Extreme low tide, on wet sand at the base of a stone, Plage des Rosaires, western side (Tournemire), Plérin, Saint-Brieuc area, Côtes d’Armor, N. Brittany, NW. France. 11,6mm. |
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Same spot: 9,3-10,9mm. The small one was used as anchor in the byssal thread of a mussel cluster, together with little pebbles and shell debris. The larger one is peculiarly flat. |
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Left valve of a young found at about 1,8m deep inside sediment, 17m deep, Prokljan Lake, Šibenik-Knin Comitat, W. Croatia. 4,15mm. |
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Same spot, 3,7m deep inside the sediment. Right valve of a juvenile. 3,6mm. |
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Same spot, 5,01m deep inside the sediment. Size ≈ 4,7 & 5,5mm. |
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Same spot, 5,05m deep inside the sediment. Size ≈ 5mm. |
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