Corbicula cf. fluminalis

A nice example of the freshwater clam. This is a freshwater species, and therefore does not come from the Eemian stage of the Late Pleistocene like most other Banjaard shells (this one might be around 400'000 years old, but it's not sure). 

Contrarily to the other specimen shown in this album, this shell's shape is much more similar to the extant Corbicula fluminalis, and could possibly be one (and, if the 'tear-drop shape' Corbicula is recognized as a new species, this one will probably be separate from it). 

Status: still locally alive (in freshwater bodies, not in the sea)

Fossil occurrence: rather common