#4663 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
White Piddock
🇳🇱 Witte boormossel ·Barnea candida
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Wassenaar, NL-ZH, NL
📍 Schouwen-Duiveland, NL-ZE, NL
📍 Strand van Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, NL
📍 Strand van Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, NL
📍 Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL
📍 Velsen, Nederland
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © anonymous · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Stephen James McWilliam · CC0
- 3. © Stephen James McWilliam · CC0
- 4. © Erik Veldhuis; Modified by Tom Meijer · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. Wassenaar, NL-ZH, NL:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. Schouwen-Duiveland, NL-ZE, NL:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Strand van Ouddorp, Goedereede, South Holland, NL:© Katharine Khamhaengwong · CC BY 4.0
- 8. Strand van Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland, NL:© Lando K · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Schiermonnikoog National Park, Schiermonnikoog, Provinz Friesland, NL:© markusgmeiner · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Velsen, Nederland:© Ties Kemme · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Barnea candida is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 27 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 584 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- White Piddock
- Nederlands
- Witte boormossel
- scientific name
- Barnea candida
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Myida
- family
- Pholadidae
- sightings in NL
- 27
- sightings in Europe
- 483
- sightings worldwide
- 584
- GBIF records in NL
- 32,483
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
relatives· Pholadidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 483146, Wikidata Q838170, GBIF 2288763, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.