Misc. Bivalves

Chama lazarus Linne 1758 Gorgeous Yellow/White! F+++/Gem 51,5 mm. including the spines. Very beautiful. Pale yellow and white color with purplish marks and attractive almost perfect spines. Dived at 15-20 m. Racha Isl. Andaman Sea, Thailand 1977

Circe plicatina (Lamarck 1818) Gorgeous Uncommon! F+++/Gem H 41 W 42,5 mm. Very beautiful. White color with blue umbo, attractive brown pattern and large cords. Taken in sand bars at low tide. Shoal Point, Mackay, Qld. Australia 1984

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