Petricolaria dactylus

Petricolaria dactylus, common name petricola, is a species of saltwater clam, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Veneridae, the Venus clams.

Petricolaria dactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Petricolaria
Species:	P. dactylus
Binomial name
Petricolaria dactylus (Sowerby, 1823)
Synonyms
Petricola patagonica D'Orbingy, 1845

Habitat and distribution

Petricolaria dactylus is a perforating species of substrates such as sandstone and stony bottoms. This species is native to the eastern coast of South America from Uruguay to the Patagonian Atlantic coast.^[1]