Paphies striata (Gmelin, 1791)

Paphies striata (Gmelin, 1791) (23 mm). When it was still authorized we used to gather them for diner on the beach at low tide at sunset, Teluk Dalam, Pulau Perhentian, Malaysia. You notice them by a little hole in the sand. They are a few centimetres deeper.

Link to the Obis Indo-Pacific molluscan database page for this species :
Paphies striata (Gmelin, 1791)

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