A burrowing bivalve mollusc with a long oval shell which (in some kinds) is pinkish with raylike markings.
紫云蛤
Genus Gari, family Psammobiidae (or Sanguinolariidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Tellinas or sunset shells are tiny shellfish that live in the sands of Camargue.
The beautiful sandy beach is a great place for shell collecting with colourful Farose sunset shells, wavy hatchet shells and long razor shells locally called ‘spoots’.