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Erycina fernandina W. H. Dall, 1899

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  family Lasaeidae »  genus Erycina

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Erycina fernandina

Author: Dall, W.H.

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Description

Shell small, ovate, pellucid white, sometimes with irregular radial opaque white narrow streaks; moderately convex, with a very thin, pale straw-colored epidermis; very inequilateral, the posterior side short; beaks distinct, the prodissoconch often conspicuous; surface polished, sculptured only with faint incremental lines and obscure, irregular microscopic radial striae; right valve with the anterior and posterior lamellae short and strong, with a marked sulcus above each of them, the anterior with a conspicuous hook; resilium well developed, but short; adductor scars small, narrow, pallial scar linear. Long. 3.75 , alt. 2.8, diam. 1.5 mm.
Dall, W.H., 1899. Synopsis of the recent and tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies.

Interchangeable taxa

The strong laminae and the deep sulci above them give this species, when casually observed, the look of a Mysella.
Dall, W.H., 1899. Synopsis of the recent and tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies.

Distribution

Dredged off Fernandina, Florida.
Dall, W.H., 1899. Synopsis of the recent and tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies.
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 Erycina fernandina Dall, 1889]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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