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Adipicola projecta (J.C. Verco, 1908)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Mytilida »  family Mytilidae - sea mussels »  genus Adipicola

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Adipicola projecta

Author: Cotton, B.

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Description

Solid, narrowly oblong; umbos directed forwards, at about the anterior third, approximate, inflated; anterior end short, round; posterior end sloping convex; post-dorsal angle a very obtuse curve, post-ventral angle a much smaller curve; ventral border slightly concave; margin simple, smooth; a groove, formed by a stout, projecting internal lamina, runs from the umbo backwards within the post-dorsal border; obsolete accremental striae, and, especially towards the front, distant, rounded, low, concentric ridges; periostracum dark. Holotype: length 10.9 mm, height 4.1 mm.— off Beachport, 200 fathoms; one right valve. (Reg. No. D.13042, S.A. Mus.)
Loc.: S.A.
Remarks: The narrowly produced shape distinguish the species.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Adipicola projecta (Verco, 1908)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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