About Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778)
Clausinella fasciata (da Costa, 1778), commonly called the banded venus, has a solid, flat, sub-triangular shell that reaches up to 2.5 centimetres (0.98 in) in length. The surface colour of the shell is variable, and may be red, pink, purple, yellow, or brown, marked with radiating bands and colourful streaks. Older specimens can have up to fifteen broad concentric ridges on the shell. The interior of the shell is dull white. This species is recorded as common around all coasts of the British Isles. It lives in coarse gravel that typically contains sand or shell fragments, and can be found at depths down to 100 metres (330 ft).
