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Adula schmidti von Schrenck, 1867

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

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Adula schmidti

Author: Okutani, T.

Adula schmidti

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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SCHMIDT DATEMUSSEL Modiola (Lithophagus) schmidtii Schrenck, 1867: 500; Adula nipponica Habe, 1955a: 5; A. californiensis chosenica Habe and Ito, 1965: 114, er Kuroda MS. Shell elongate, with distinct central keel and brown to black periostracum; sculpture of commarginal striae. Length to 45 mm. This species differs from A. diegensis in being more elongate and cylindrical. A Japanese species that has been found in intertidal drift at Amchitka Island (51.5°N, 179.0°E) [NMC] and Umnak Island (approx. 52.9°N, 168.9°W) [LACM] in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, in 15-20 m. Literature: Scarlato (1981: 248-249).
Coan E.V., Valentich-Scott P. & Bernard F.R. (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
Author: Jan Delsing

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