Sanguinolaria tellinoides

Sanguinolaria tellinoides is a species of saltwater clam, marine bivalve molluscs of the family Psammobiidae.

Sanguinolaria tellinoides
Shell of Sanguinolaria tellinoides from Honduras at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Subclass: Heterodonta
Order: Cardiida
Family: Psammobiidae
Genus: Sanguinolaria
Species:
S. tellinoides
Binomial name
Sanguinolaria tellinoides
A. Adams, 1850
Synonyms
  • Sanguinolaria purpurea Deshayes, 1855
  • Sanguinolaria tellinoides elongata Mörch, 1860
  • Tellina miniata Gould, 185

Description

Sanguinolaria tellinoides can reach a size of 30–70 mm. It is a facultatively mobile infaunal deposit feeder.

Distribution

This species is present along the Pacific coast of United States, Mexico and Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Ecuador).

References

  • Huber M. (2010) Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world’s marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1
  • Coan E.V. & Valentich-Scott P. (2012) Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
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