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Bathyspinula prolata (E. A. Smith, 1885)

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

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Bathyspinula prolata

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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Description

Inflated. Outline similar to preceding, but rostrum stronger, bluntly pointed; radial sulcus strong. Hinge plate feeble; teeth weak. Length to 5 mm.
Off Oregon (45.0°N, 132.2°W) [LACM], in 3,585 to 4,882 m; Kurile-Kamchatka Trench (49°N, I59°E) [Z1SP]; Japan Trench, in 6,700 - 8,450 m; in the central North Pacific at 30°N, 155°W [BMNH], in 5,398 m.
Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
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 Bathyspinula prolata (Smith, 1885)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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