Photo 1374210, (c) Fabio Moretzsohn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Fabio Moretzsohn

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What

Fallen Angelwing (Barnea truncata)

Observer

fmoretzsohn

Date

November 24, 2014

Description

I observed a few shells of the Fallen Angelwing, Barnea truncata (Say, 1822) at University Beach, Corpus Christi Bay, Texas.

This species has a fragile shell and a long bladelike apophysis on each valve (but they break easily). The specimen in the photos had the apophysis.

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