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Basterotia corbuloidea (W. H. Dall, 1899)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  family Basterotiidae »  genus Basterotia

Scientific synonyms

Anisodonta corbuloidea W. H. Dall, 1899

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Basterotia corbuloidea

Author: Dall, W.H.

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Description

Shell small, glassy white, rather compressed, very inequilateral, anterior side short, comprising about the anterior fourth of the shell, bluntly rounded: beaks distinct, dorsal margin nearly parallel with the base; posterior end obliquely rounded-truncate to a point near the base from which an obscure ridge extends to the beaks; nymph for the ligament distinct, small; anterior tooth prominent, arcuate, posterior low, small, oblique: surface microscopically sagrinate and with faint incremental lines. Long. 6.5, alt. 3.75, diam. 2.5 mm.
Dall, W.H., 1899. Synopsis of the recent and tertiary Leptonacea of North America and the West Indies.

Distribution

Fresh valves were dredged in 18 to 22 fathoms, sand, off Gape Fear and Cape Lookout. North Carolina
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 Basterotia corbuloidea Dall, 1899]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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