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Neilonella kermadecensis J. Knudsen, 1970

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Neilonellidae »  genus Neilonella

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Neilonella kermadecensis

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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Description

Shell ovate, robust, inflated, yellow; posterior end longer; anterior and posterior ends rounded. Smooth or with weak commarginal striae. Periostracum straw-colored, shiny, with fine radial striae. Length to 9 mm.
Tufts Abyssal Plain, Oregon (44.8°N, I47.4°W) [RBCM], in 4,883 m; central South Pacific (36.6°S, 178.9°W) [ZMUC], in 4,540 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 Neilonella kermadecensis Knudsen, 1970]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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