Psammobiidae (sunset clams, sanguins) |
10.5 cm SHL (male/unsexed) |
benthic; brackish; marine; depth range 0 - 10 m |
Western Pacific: from Indonesia to Western Polynesia; north to China and south to northern New South Wales and New Caledonia. |
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Deep burrowing in thick muddy substrates. Commonly forming mixed populations with the greenish glauconmya (Glauconome virens (Linnaeus)), a species with considerable external similarity, but absent from reduced salinity areas of estuaries (Ref. 348). |
Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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harmless |
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