Shell of the Week: The Santo Domingo Carditid
Glans domingensis (d’Orbigny, 1853) is a small clam that grows to about 6 mm (0.24 inch). The shell is squarish, with sharp, beaded radial ribs, and the shell margin is strongly notched, crenulated. The shell color is white with small, faint pink or orange spots. Do not confuse this species with the juveniles of its more common relative, the Broad-ribbed Carditid, Cardites floridanus. These latter are narrower, with the shell “beak” displaced to one of the sides. (In the figu