| Warty venus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Subclass: | Heterodonta |
| Infraclass: | Euheterodonta |
| Order: | Veneroida |
| Superfamily: | Veneroidea |
| Family: | Veneridae |
| Genus: | Venus |
| Species: | V. verrucosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Venus verrucosa Linnaeus, 1758 |
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The warty venus, Venus verrucosa, is a species of saltwater clam. They are marine bivalve molluscs in the family Veneridae, sometimes known as the Venus clams.
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This species is found around the European coast and also the southern African coast, from the Namibian coast to Mozambique, subtidally to 155 m.[1]
This animal grows up to 60 mm in diameter. It has a bulky, oval shell with well defined concentric ridges. The shell edges are knobbly.[1]
The warty venus burrows in mud and sand.