Misc. Bivalves

Cardita laticostata Sowerby 1833 Gorgeous Brick/Blackish! F+++/Gem H 27 W 35,5 mm. Very beautiful. Brick. blackish. yellowish and bluish/white color with fine lamellas and attractive pattern. Dredged at 10-15 feet in sand. Las Perlas Isl. Gulf of Panama, West Panama 2008

Antigona lamellaris Schumacher 1819 Gorgeous Dark! F++/F+++ H 35 W 44,8 mm. Very beautiful. White and cream color with tones of brown and beige pattern, attractive ribs and frilly lamellas. Has few very small drills and some chipped lamellas doesn't detract from it's overall beauty. Taken in sand flats at low tide. Port Hedland, Western Australia 2000

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

Tivela mactroides (Born 1778) Gorgeous! F+++/Gem H 32,6 W 35,6 mm. Very beautiful. White, pale bluish, brown, beige, grayish color bands and rays, soft cords. Taken on sand at low tide. La Restinga, Isla Margarita, Venezuela 1998