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species

Spoon-shaped Nut-shell
Poroleda spathula Hedley, 1915

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Nuculanidae »  genus Poroleda

Scientific synonyms

Poroleda flindersi Iredale, 1929

Images

Poroleda spathula - Spoon-shaped Nut-shell

Author: Cotton

Poroleda spathula - Spoon-shaped Nut-shell

Author: Hedley, C.

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Description

Elongate, rounded, anteriorly, produced posteriorly; umbos at about the anterior third of length; about ten V-shaped teeth on the anterior side of the resilifer, and 15 imbricating teeth on the posterior side. A slightly curved anterior radial depression running from the umbo to the ventral margin leaves a very weakly marked sinuation on the anterior ventral margin of the shell. Length 18 mm., height 7 mm. Type locality: Port Kembla, New South Wales, 63-75 fathoms.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [be17c36e-b10a-4b33-b37d-65bfad6792f6]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Poroleda spathula Hedley, 1915]
Data retrieved on: 22 July 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Poroleda spathula Hedley, 1915]
Data retrieved on: 2 May 2017

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