Venus crebrisulca

Venus crebrisulca is a species of marine clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Veneridae, the venus clams.^[1]

Venus crebrisulca
Shell of Venus crebrisulca (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Bivalvia
Order:	Venerida
Superfamily:	Veneroidea
Family:	Veneridae
Genus:	Venus
Species:	V. crebrisulca
Binomial name
Venus crebrisulca Lamarck, 1818
Synonyms
Circomphalus rosalina (Rang, 1834) (incorrect generic combination) Venus rosalina Rang, 1834

Description

The length of the clam attains 47.6 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Morocco, Western Sahara and Senegal.