We had so much fun catching these colorful cuties over the weekend that I decided to make them the species of the week! Have you ever wondered what is making all those holes in the sand? Usually, it is these clams! They have many names, including Bean Clams, Butterfly Clams, and Coquina Clams. Coquina is a spanish word used to describe a type of limestone made mostly of shells. It can come in many colors including pink, purple, yellow, blue, and white. Coquina clams spend most of their lives in

Donax trunculus - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

Mollusk quickly burrows in the sand, Black Sea, (Donax trunculus), the abrupt wedge shell or wedge clam, is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae.

Coquina (Donax variabilis) is a small saltwater clam that is found living in the shallow warm waters on the East Coast of the United States along sandy beaches. They can be seen as far north as Cape May, NJ and as far south as the Florida Keys. On the small side for a bivalve, the largest coquina reported has been .75 inches in length, and can be found in a variety of colors such as white, yellow, pink, orange, purple, red, brown, and blue. Unoccupied, half coquina shells commonly wash ashore on

Mollusk quickly burrows in the sand, Black Sea, (Donax trunculus), the abrupt wedge shell or wedge clam, is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae.

Arundo donax: Bamboo look-alike - Bambu Batu

Mollusk quickly burrows in the sand, Black Sea, (Donax trunculus), the abrupt wedge shell or wedge clam, is a bivalve species in the family Donacidae.