Animal
Bivalves
Animal Name
Barbatia obliqua
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Arcoida
Family
Arcidae

Characteristic Features

-Shell is often quite small, 3-4cm long, elongate and more or less
rectangular

-The shell has fine radial and concentric ribbing giving a cancellate
ornamentation

-The periostracum is think, brown, and beard-like

Ecology
Habitat
Boulder shore
Distribution
Locations
Shek O (Hard Shores), Cape D'Aguilar, Sam Pui Chau (Hard Shores),
Pak Nai (Soft Shores)