Description: A moderately tumid, strongly oblique, oval shell with prominent umbos well behind the middle. Surface silky/glossy with fine, irregular ribbing. Colour whitish to grayish. Widespread and common. 2.7-4mm.

World Distribution: Distribution type: Circumpolar Wide-temperate (66).

Irish Distribution: One of the commonest pea shells in Irish habitats and found throughout, though rarer in the west and north and at higher elevations.

Ecology:

• Nearly always found in lowland areas and in larger, richer habitats
• Less common in marshes, ditches and smaller habitats generally

Key Identification Features:

• Characterised by the strongly oblique shell shape
• Umbos prominent and well behind the middle
• Surface glossy/silky with fine irregular ribbing
• Colour whitish to grayish

Red list status:

• Least concern (lc).

Distribution Map from NBN: Euglesa subtruncata at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Euglesa subtruncata at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

GBIF data for Euglesa subtruncata | Classification: Bivalvia, Sphaeriida, Sphaeriidae, Euglesa

Thumbnails for genus Euglesa