#4723 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Atlantic Rangia

🇳🇱 Brakwaterstrandschelp ·Rangia cuneata

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

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what is it?

Rangia cuneata or Atlantic rangia (also known as wedge clam, gulf wedge clam, common rangia and cocktail clam), is a mollusc native to Gulf of Mexico. It is an oval clam with body length of up to 5cm, living form the interdial zone to depths of 124 meters. It is edible and is harvested for food in Mexico, and has been so since pre-hispanic times.

base stats

NL sightings 8iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,124iNaturalist 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).