White Piddock

Barnea candida is a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Pholadidae.

Description

The shell is long and covered in horizontal ribs, crossed by vertical ribs, forming a structure. On the intersections are scale formed spikes. A narrow and curved edge is located on the inside of the shell.

Size

• Length: up to 50 mm
• Width: up to 20 mm.

Colour

Chalk-white, yellow-white or grey.

Fossil

Barnea candida is common in the North Sea region in deposits from the Holocene, the Eemian Stage and late Middle Pleistocene.

References

• (in Dutch) Bruyne, R.H. de, 1991. Schelpen van de Nederlandse kust. Jeugdbondsuitgeverij Stichting Uitgevrij KNNV, 165 pag.
• (in Dutch) Bruyne, R.H. de, 2004. Veldgids Schelpen. KNNV Uitgeverij, ISBN 90-5011-140-8, 234 pag.
• (in Dutch) Bruyne, R.H. de, Bank, R.A., Adema, J.P.H.M. & Perk, F.A., 1994. Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en België. Feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestigjarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. Backhuys, Leiden. 149 pp. ISBN 90-73348-33-1
• (in Dutch) Janssen, A.W., Peeters, G.A. & Slik, L. van der, 1984. De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse stranden en zeegaten, tweede serie, 8 (slot). Basteria, 48: 89-220.