Crassula aequilatera

Crassula aequilatera, known as the triangle shell, is a surf clam, a moderately large marine bivalve mollusc in the family Mactridae. ^[1]

Inside view of Crassula aequilatera

Crassula aequilatera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Mactroidea
Family:	Mactridae
Genus:	Crassula
Species:	C. aequilatera
Binomial name
Crassula aequilatera (Reeve, 1854)
Synonyms
Mactra aequilatera Reeve, 1854 Mactra aequilateralis Deshayes, 1854 Spisula aequilateralis (Deshayes, 1854)

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.