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Alectryonella crenulifera Sowerby, 1871

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Ostreida »  family Ostreidae - true oysters »  genus Alectryonella

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Alectryonella crenulifera

Author: Bosch et al.

Alectryonella crenulifera

Author: Rusmore-Villaume, M.L.

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Description

Alectryonella crenulifera (Sowerby, 1871)
10-34 mm. —»Green or white inside. Usually found attached to other shells. —> A few weak nodular chomata, only near the ligament. UV flat or plicate, exterior often red. (31 mm) Distribution: Common in the northern Gulf of Suez, occasional near the reefs off Hurghada.
Notes: A much less common species, Nanostrea exigua, has stronger chomata all the way around the margin
Rusmore-Villaume, M.L., 2008. Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea
Author: Jan Delsing

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