Animal
Bivalves
Animal Name
Gafrarium divaricatum (Gmelin)
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Veneroida
Family
Veneridae

Characteristic Features

-Think, rounded ovate, compressed shell

-The surface is covered with numerous divaricating ribs and is stained in
pale brown with darker brown biotches and mottlings which are more or
less radically arranged

-3.4-4.5cm in length

Ecology
Habitat
Very common on sandy gravels between tide marks
Distribution
Locations
Tai Tan (Soft Shores)