Zebra Wing Shell

Appearance

Few cm in size. White background with brown lines, hence its 'zebra' name.

Naming

Delicate Winged Oyster
Accepted Name
Pterelectroma physoides (Lamarck, 1819)
Rank
Species
Parent
Electroma (Pterelectroma) Iredale, 1939 accepted as Pteria Scopoli, 1777
Orig. name
Avicula zebra Reeve, 1857

Distribution

Western Central Pacific: Philippines and New Caledonia.

Habitat

Indo- and West Pacific.

Reproduction

Members of the class Bivalvia are mostly gonochoric, some are protandric hermaphrodites. Life cycle: Embryos develop into free-swimming trocophore larvae, succeeded by the bivalve veliger, resembling a miniature clam

Defense

Exhbits protective coloration for life in Alcyonarians