Animal
Bivalves
Animal Name
Paphia undulata (Born)
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Bivalvia
Order
Veneroida
Family
Veneridae

Characteristic Features

-Outline elongate; posterdorsal margin sloping to a narrowed posterior
margin; anterior slightly spouting

-Lunule shining, sculpture smooth with incremental lines only. Pallial sinus
ascending, apex truncate

-Colour, cream to pale brown with darker dense zigzag markings

-Shell to 5cm

Ecology
Habitat
Subtidal, muddy bottom
Distribution
Indo-Pacific
Locations
Tolo Channel (4), Tolo Channel (5)