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Tetrarca boucardi (Jousseaume, 1894)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Arcida »  family Arcidae - ark clams »  genus Tetrarca

Scientific synonyms

Arca boucardi F. P. Jousseaume, 1894

Images

Tetrarca boucardi

Author: Lutaenko et al

Tetrarca boucardi

Author: Okutani, T.

Tetrarca boucardi

Author: Shellauction

Tetrarca boucardi

Author: Zhongyan, QI

Tetrarca boucardi

Author: Kyoto Museum

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Description

Tetrarca boucardi Jousseaume, 1894Shell elongate squarish, inflated, 17.5 mm in height, 32.1 mm in length and 16.9 mm in breadth; anterior side short and rounded, posterior elongated, sides an- gulated at the upper; umbos remote, a keel running from umbo to posterior ventral corner, ventral margin with a large gape for the passage of the byssus; area of ligament very wide, with many diamond-shape grooves; surface with numerous radial riblets and concentric lines; white, covered with a thin, rather bristly brown epidermis. Distribution: Along the coasts of China; Japan; Korea. Ecology: Found attached to rocks or gravels by byssus from intertidal zone down to about 68 m deep, very common in the North China coasts.
Zhongyan, QI, 2004. Seashells of China.
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 Arca boucardi Jousseaume, 1894]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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