Misc. Bivalves

Tapes conspersus (Gmelin 1791) Gorgeous Large! F+++/Gem H 56 W 73 mm. Very beautiful. White and yellowish/cream color with attractive beige, brown soft pattern and cords. Has a drill hole. Taken in sand bar at low tide. Moreton Bay, Qld. Australia 1990's

Acila divaricata archibenthalis Okutani 1964 Gorgeous! Gem H 11 W 13,8 mm. Very beautiful. Light yellowish/beige color with black, brown marks and attractive sculpture with fine nodulose diagonal ribs. Trawled at 250-260 m. Off Wen Zhou, East China Sea, China 2010

Tawera lagopus (Lamarck 1818) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 29 W 37 mm. Very beautiful, hard to get. Cream and and white color with tones of brown, beige pattern attractive cords and sculpture. Taken in sand and grass in shallow water. Semaphore Beach, South Australia 1980's

Venerupisa spera (Quoy & Gaimard 1835) Outstanding! F+++/Gem H 23 W 30,1 mm. Very beautiful. Cream color with soft beige, blue, brown marks and attractive fine nodulose ribs. Taken intertidaly in sand bar. Between Mnambilaand Yako, Malomalo, Viti Levu, Fiji 1997