Compsomyax subdiaphana  (Milky Venus)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2269)

Photographer's Submitted Details

Photo Location	Sitka Sound, Alaska
Photographer	Aaron Baldwin
Habitat	20 meters in mud
Photo Date
Upload Date	October 27, 2007
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Photo ID #	2269
Comments	These are very common in mud shell-hash. Similar to the butter clam Saxidomus giganteus, the relatively thin shell and very inflated shell help distinguish the two.