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Bathyspinula calcar (W. H. Dall, 1908)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Nuculanidae »  genus Bathyspinula

Scientific synonyms

Spinula calcar (W. H. Dall, 1908)

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Images

Bathyspinula calcar

Author: Okutani, T.

Bathyspinula calcar

Author: Coan, E. et al.

Bathyspinula calcar

Author: Tabel Coan

Taxon in country check-lists*

Pacific Ocean, North America: Canada (Yukon), Mexico, United States of America (Alaska), South America: Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Asia: Japan

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Description

Shell compressed, strongly rostrate; rostrum long, sharply pointed. Periostracum brightly varnished. Sculpture absent, or feeble radial lirae and commarginal growth lines. Lunule lanceolate; escutcheon strong. Anterior and posterior series of teeth nearly equal. Length to 16 mm.
Widely distributed in the Pacific Ocean; in the northeast Pacific (44.9°N, 147.6°W) [LACM], to Peru (9°S) [USNM], in 4,000 - 5,000 m.
Coan, E. et al., 2000. Bivalve Seashells of Western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
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 Bathyspinula calcar Dall, 1908]
Data retrieved on: 22 November 2013
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