#4597 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

False Angelwing

🇳🇱 Amerikaanse boormossel ·Petricolaria pholadiformis

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Petricolaria pholadiformis , common names "false angel wing" (United States) and "American piddock" (UK), is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Petricolidae, which is related to the large family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

base stats

NL sightings 152iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,344iNaturalist observations

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 152 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #29 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
2,344 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck in 1818 (208 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.