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Pacific White Venus Clam Shell

Pacific White Venus Clam Shell, Chionopsis pulicaria

Pacific White Venus Clam Shell, Chionopsis pulicaria. Shell collected off the beach of Punta Chivato, Baja California Sur, May 2025. Size: 3.1 cm (1.2 inches) x 3.5 cm (1.4 inches) x 1.1 cm (0.4 inches). Collection, photographs and identification courtesy of Colin Campbell, DVM, Punta Chivato.

Broderip, 1835

Family: Veneridae

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