Barnea candida

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Barnea candida
Temporal range: Holocene to Present
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myida
Superfamily: Pholadoidea
Family: Pholadidae
Genus: Barnea
Species:
B. candida
Binomial name
Barnea candida
Synonyms
  • Barnea spinosaRisso, 1826
  • Pholas candidusLinnaeus, 1758
  • Pholas candidus cylindraceaJ. T. Marshall, 1914
  • Pholas candidus var. subovataJeffreys, 1865
  • Pholas costulataGoodall, 1890
  • Pholas cylindricusJ. Sowerby, 1818
  • Pholas papyraceusSpengler, 1792
  • Pholas siliculaLamarck, 1818

Barnea candida is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae.

Description

The shell is long and covered in horizontal ribs, crossed by vertical ribs, forming a structure. On the intersections are scale formed spikes. A narrow and curved edge is located on the inside of the shell.

Size

Colour

Chalk-white, yellow-white or grey.

Fossil

Barnea candida is common in the North Sea region in deposits from the Holocene, the Eemian Stage and late Middle Pleistocene.

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