CAY CAY SHELLS

White Cay Cay   9/27/13

Atactodea glabrata

common name the Smooth Beach Clam, is an edible bivalve found in the Indo-pacific oceans.

The Atactodea glabrata (Cay Cay) shell thick, solid, compressed, porcellaneous, smooth and trigonal in shape; surface of shell white in color and with close set concentric striae; ventral margin light brown to chocolate; umbo small; hinge with two cardinal teeth and one anterior lateral tooth; pallial sinus small and angular; hinge strong and resilium narrow.

porcellaneous a smooth, compact shell without pores, resembling porcelain

Resilium is the internal part of the hinge ligament of a bivalve shell resembling in consistency and often described as cartilage but being in fact chitinous

chitinous is a tough, semitransparent substance that is the main component of the exoskeletons of arthropods

Scientific Classification

Kingdom Biota Animalia

Phylum Mollusca

Class Bivalvia

Subclass Autobranchia

Infraclass Heteroconchia

Subterclass Euheterodonta

(REF: Atactodea striata (Gmelin, 1791) in GBIF Secretariat. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy)

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One White Cay Cay shell 3/8 to 5/8 inches...... .02



Snow White Cay Cays  9/27/13

SNOW WHITE CAY CAY SHELLS

These are bivalves sold as singles rather as matching top and bottom shells.

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One Snow White Cay Cay shell 3/8 to 1 inch...... OUT OF STOCK



Polished Cay Cay Shells   9/27/13

POLISHED CAY CAY SHELLS

These are bivalves but sold as a single shell not a matching pair

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One Polished Cay Cay Shell single 3/8 to 5/8 inch...... OUT OF STOCK



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