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Striarca erythraea Issel, 1869

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Arcida »  family Noetiidae »  genus Striarca

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Striarca erythraea

Author: Oliver, P.G.

Striarca erythraea

Author: Rusmore-Villaume, M.L.

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Description

Shell to 15 mm. Equivalve. Very slightly aequilateral. Outline subrectangular; anterior margin rounded; posterior margin straight; median sinus slight. Dorsal area lat. Ligament in a small triangle not covering the whole area. Sculpture of scabrous ribs, those on the posterior area broad and most prominent. Habitat: Attached to rocks and coral debris. Distribution: Throughout the Red Sea.
Oliver, P.G., 1992. Bivalved Seashells of the Red Sea.
Striarca erythraea (Issel, 1869) Endemic
4.5-13 mm. -> Very fine sculpture of riblets and concentric rings. Ligament lines in the dorsal area are vertical, not in chevrons. (11 mm) Distribution: Locally common, northern Gulf of Suez.
Notes: Some specimens are quite tumid and others are not. Much finer sculpture than Acar plicata.
Rusmore-Villaume, M.L., 2008. Seashells of the Egyptian Red Sea
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 Striarca erythraea Issel, 1869]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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