About Tivela byronensis (Gray, 1838)
Tivela byronensis (Gray, 1838) has a cordate, trigonal, ventricose shell. The shell is white, marked with interrupted brown rays and zigzag brown lines on its slope. Its lunule is white. The interior of the shell is white, with purple umbones. This species is distributed along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts of the United States, Central America, and parts of South America. It inhabits sandy beaches and sandy mud seabeds in the intertidal and sublittoral zones.
