The Colorful Transennella, Transennella conradina (Dall, 1884), is a small local member of the megadiverse bivalve family Veneridae, the Venus Clams. This is a small-sized clam, reaching only about 13 mm (about 0.5 inch) at most. Its shape is vaguely triangular, with a smooth shell surface (except for microscopic growth lines). The shell color is white, sometimes with sparse zigzag brown lines. The shell in the images was collected on Sanibel.
![The Colorful Transennella, Transennella conradina, from Sanibel. Photo by José H. Leal.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/7f077a_11e0313eb26a402aa5244b1c85607951~mv2_d_1345_1216_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_147,h_133,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/7f077a_11e0313eb26a402aa5244b1c85607951~mv2_d_1345_1216_s_2.jpg)
The Colorful Transennella, Transennella conradina, from Sanibel. Photo by José H. Leal.