APHOTOMARINE

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of the Sea, Maritime Environment, Marine and Rockpool Life in the
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Callista chione (Linnaeus, 1758) - Smooth venus (Marine Bivalve Images)
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Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 1

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 2

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 3

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 4

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 5

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 6

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell 7

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell inside 1

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell inside 2

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- shell inside 3

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- hinge 1

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- hinge teeth 1

Smooth venus
Callista chione
- pallial sinus 1

A rather large, chunky and very noticeable bivalve which can grow up to five inches across. Many large specimens can be found at Par Beach, but it also occurs at St Mawes, Gerrans Bay, Helford and Portholland in Cornwall and St Martin's Flats on the Isles of Scilly; this species is rare anywhere else in the UK.

Shells photographed at Par Beach, near St. Austell; at Hayle Towans, Hayle and in Mounts Bay near Penzance, Cornwall.

Scientific and European Names:
Callista chione, Smooth venus, Smooth clam, Glatte venusmuschel, Grote strandschelp, Vernis, Almejon de sangre, Fasolara.

Callista chione Smooth venus or Smooth clam Marine Bivalve Images
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