Bractechlamys
vexillum (Reeve, 1853)
28.0mm
Bractechlamys
vexillum is moderately
common in Kwajalein Atoll, but only in lagoon patches of Halimeda algae,
where it is generally hidden and attached to algae stalks. It is fairly variable,
with the upper valve usually brown, distinctly and irregularly banded with white
and the lower valve peach to orange colored with some irregular white lines
or bands.
The inside of the hinge area of
an empty shell is black.
Created
9 January 2018
Updated 22 October 2022
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