Bean Solen

Pharus legumen

The shell is elongate, thin and brittle. There are numerous fine concentric lines, with a group of fine radiating striae. It is white or light brown, light olive or yellow. The hinge and ligament is positioned about a third of the way along the length of the mollusc. Length up to 130mm.

It burrows deeply in fine to medium course sands in the lower shore and shallow sublittoral. Found on the south-west coasts of England, Wales and Ireland.

Photographs of Bean Solen (Pharus legumen), taken August 2011, Saundersfoot, Wales. © Pete Hillman 2011. Camera used Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ38.

12/1612/16 by Peter Hillman Categories: Animals, Animals (Invertebrates), Bivalves, Coast, Molluscs, Nature Photography, Seashells, Wildlife PhotographyTags: Beach, Bean Solen, Bivalves, Coast, Macro, Macro Photography, Molluscs, Nature Photography, Ocean, Pharus legumen, Saundersfoot, Sea, Seashells, Seashore, Wales, Wildlife, Wildlife Photography Leave a comment