Shells of South
East Queensland

Tweed Heads to Noosa
Veneridae

Marcia hiantina

(Lamarck, 1818)
Shell: moderately small to medium, ranging from 25-45 mm.


Specimens

Brighton,  Australia
 Size: 40.21mm    Collected: 2018
dead on sand/ mud flats
Myora Reef,  Australia
 Size: 40mm    Collected: 1997
Dead collected on reef.
Pancake Creek,  Australia
 Size: 25mm    Collected: 1995
Live collected at night.
Pancake Creek,  Australia
 Size: 45mm    Collected: 1998
In sandy mud at low tide.
Broome,  Australia
 Size: 32.89mm    Collected: 2000
Collected from sand and rubble on sand bars at extreme low tide [-0.5m]
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