Photo 617750, (c) Gena Bentall, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Gena Bentall

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What

Fat Gaper (Tresus capax)

Observer

gbentall

Date

December 27, 2013 01:49 PM PST

Description

Have been finding these to be the most common large clam washed up on this stretch of beach. I'm much more familiar with T. nuttallii, which us much more common in California. This shell is much rounder than the elongate T. nuttallii shells I have.

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