#4785 · 🐌 snails, slugs & other molluscs

Warty Venus Clam

🇳🇱 Wrattige venusschelp ·Venus verrucosa

🐌 Snails, slugs & other molluscs 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

The warty venus , Venus verrucosa , is a species of saltwater clam. It is a species of marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, sometimes collectively known as the venus clams.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,995iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,995 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).