Pea Cockle - Euglesa casertana
Up to 5mm, rounded (but often quadrate in juveniles) but variable. Less tumid than other Euglesa species and often with a silky appearance. The umbo is flattened and off-centre.Best identified by examination of the cardinal teeth - part of the internal hinge.
Other Euglesa species.
All types of aquatic habitats.
All year.
Common and widespread across all of Great Britain and Ireland.
Probably common but under-recorded.
David Nicholls
Watermead South
09 January 2025
David Nicholls
Watermead South
09 January 2025
David Nicholls
Saddington Brook
05 February 2024
cardinal teeth on valve
David Nicholls
Saddington Brook
05 February 2024
cardinal teeth on valve
David Nicholls
Saddington Brook
05 February 2024
juvenile
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Species profile
- Species group:
- Slugs & Snails
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Veneroida
- Family:
- Sphaeriidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 4
- First record:
- 23/09/1989 (Rundle, Adrian)
- Last record:
- 09/01/2025 (Nicholls, David)
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