A burrowing bivalve mollusc with a long oval shell which (in some kinds) is pinkish with raylike markings.
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’.