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Tindaria kennerlyi (W. H. Dall, 1897)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Nuculanida »  family Tindariidae »  genus Tindaria

Scientific synonyms

Malletia kennerlyi W. H. Dall, 1897

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Tindaria kennerlyi

Author: Coan, E. et al.

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Description

Shell ovate; posterior end slightly longer, bluntly pointed. Sculpture of numerous, minute commarginal lirae becoming obsolete dorsally on both ends, and fine irregular radial striae. Periostracum yellowish, shiny to silky. Length to 10 mm.
This species is similar to the Caribbean T. cytherea (DalL, 1881), and the two merit close comparison.
Off Triangle Island, British Columbia (50.9°N) [RCBM], to San Diego, California (32.7°N) [USNM], and in the Golfo de California, in 457 -4130 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 Tindaria kennerlyi Dall, 1897]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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