#4607 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Pullet Carpet Shell

🇳🇱 Tapijtschelp ·Venerupis corrugata

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © lizard--o_o · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © ðejay (Orkney) · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © ðejay (Orkney) · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © ðejay (Orkney) · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © ðejay (Orkney) · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © ðejay (Orkney) · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Wassenaar, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Noordwijk, Nederland:© Michel Langeveld · CC BY 4.0
10. Wassenaar, Netherlands:© dr. Werner de Gier · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Venerupis corrugata , the pullet carpet shell , is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae. It is found buried in the sediment on the sea bed in shallow parts of the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is harvested for human consumption in Spain and other parts of Western Europe.

base stats

NL sightings 113iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,699iNaturalist 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 113 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #39 most seen of the snails, slugs & other molluscs in NL.
1,699 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1791 (235 years ago).