Phylum :
MolluscaClass :
BivalviaSubclass :
HeterodontaInfraclass :
EuheterodontaSuperorder :
ImparidentiaOrder :
CardiidaSuperfamily :
TellinoideaFamily :
Tellinidae
Common name : beautiful tellin
Aspect : oval or elongated shell, rather fragile, more or less unequal, often arched laterally behind; two long separate siphons
Feeding : filtration of microorganisms in suspension
Environment : sandy bottom, mainly in warm seas
scutarcopagia pulcherrima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1825) (Subfamily Tellininae)