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Strange's File-shell
Limatula strangei Sowerby, 1872

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Limida »  family Limidae »  genus Limatula

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Limatula strangei - Strange's File-shell

Author: Okutani, T.

Limatula strangei - Strange's File-shell

Author: Cotton, B.

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Description

Elongately ovate, equilateral, white, auriculate; hinge almost straight, edentulous; sculpture of about 20 sharp radial ribs, narrower than the interstices; anterior and posterior ends smooth. Length 22 mm, height 38 mm, section 20 mm. Type locality: Moreton Bay. Loc.: Beachport to Bunbury, beach and dredged to 300 fathoms. S.W.A, S.A, Tas, Vict, N.S.W, Q.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
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 Limatula strangei Sowerby, 1872]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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