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genus

Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Pectinida »  family Pectinidae

Description

Shell thin, subtranslucent, as high as wide. Valves inequilateral, right valve slightly more convex than left one. Ribs foldlike. Anterior auricles somewhat larger than posterior ones. Microsculpture consisting of very fine radiating riblets. Byssal notch insignificant, as well as ctenolium. Resilium triangular and small.
Wagner H P 1991 - Review of the European Pectinidae
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 5

species Pseudamussium challengeri (E. A. Smith, 1891)

Pseudamussium challengeri

species Pseudamussium clavatum (Poli, 1795)

Pseudamussium clavatum

species Pseudamussium fasciculatum (Hinds, 1845)

Pseudamussium fasciculatum

species Pseudamussium gilchristi (Sowerby III, 1904)

Pseudamussium gilchristi

species Pseudamussium peslutrae (Linnaeus, 1771)

Pseudamussium peslutrae


Links and literature

EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1098183]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Pseudamussium Mörch, 1853]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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