Pacific Littleneck

Leukoma staminea (Previously Protothaca staminea)

Pelecypodia: Veneridae

From a mud grab in Upper Newport Bay, Newport Beach,
Orange County, CA. 01/16/07.

Thanks to Paul Valentich-Scott, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, for identification

Copyright: Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu). Contact for originals.

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~2cm shell width. From a mud grab off Shellmaker Island, Upper Newport Bay,
Newport Beach, Orange County, CA. 1/12/08.