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Neilonella ritteri (W.H. Dall, 1916)

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

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Neilonella ritteri

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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Description

Shell ovate-elongate, robust, inflated; anterior end sharply rounded; posterior end produced, pointed. Surface smooth, or with weak commarginal striae. Periostracum dark brown. Length to 12 mm.
Santa Barbara (34.4°N) [USNM] to San Diego (32.7°N) [USNM], California, in 366 - 500 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 ritteri (Dall, 1916)]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013

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