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Glauconome virens
Glauconome virens (Linnaeus, 1767)
Greenish glauconomya
Glauconome virens
photo by FAO

Family:  Glauconomidae (glauconomyas)
Max. size:  7 cm SHL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; brackish; marine
Distribution:  Indo-West Pacific: from Thailand and the Philippines to northern Australia.
Diagnosis:   
Biology:  Found in sandy to muddy intertidal flats (Ref. 128042). It is embedded. Also found in nipa palm swamps. Stays in an upright position, with the siphons pointing slightly above the surface of the bottom, forming in it a wedge-shaped hole by their whirling movements (Ref. 348).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
Country info:   
 

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