Barnea candida (White Piddock)
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Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Pelecypoda
Order: Myoida
Family: Pholadidae
Barnea candida is a very distinctive bivalve mollusc growing up to 65mm in length. It has a whitish, tubercle covered shell and a large muscular foot. B.candida bores into soft rock and wood and feeds via two long siphons.
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