#4743 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs
Milky Ark
🇳🇱 Melkwitte arkschelp ·Striarca lactea
🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands
📍 Cas Pagés, Palma, Islas Baleares, Spain
📍 Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR
📍 Gelibolu/Çanakkale, Türkiye
📍 Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Dennis Rabeling · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 3. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © faluke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 6. © National Museums Northern Ireland and its licensors · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
- 7. Cas Pagés, Palma, Islas Baleares, Spain:© Amanda Cogan Barber · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, FR:© Frédéric ANDRE · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Gelibolu/Çanakkale, Türkiye:© Koray Öğreten · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Hérault, Languedoc-Roussillon, FR:© Anne Pechmeja · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
De melkwitte arkschelp ( Striarca lactea ) is een dikschalige en langgerekte schelp. De top ligt niet in het midden. De buitenkant heeft een duidelijke traliewerksculptuur. Het slotgedeelte bestaat uit een ononderbroken rij tandjes en is het smalst onder de top.
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 5 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 580 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
fact sheet
- English
- Milky Ark
- Nederlands
- Melkwitte arkschelp
- scientific name
- Striarca lactea
- class
- Bivalvia
- order
- Arcida
- family
- Noetiidae
- sightings in NL
- 5
- sightings in Europe
- 514
- sightings worldwide
- 580
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,103
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 494761, Wikidata Q13834024, GBIF 4373124, Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.