Taxon profile
species
Pristigloma nitens J. G. Jeffreys, 1876
kingdom Animalia - animals » phylum Mollusca - mollusks » class Bivalvia - bivalves » order Nuculanida » family Pristiglomidae » genus Pristigloma
ID: 592754
pID: 592746
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-22 15:40:51 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 20:19:51
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[[t:592754;<em>Pristigloma nitens</em>]] J. G. Jeffreys, 1876
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id592754/"><em>Pristigloma nitens</em></a>
pID: 592746
Taxonomic rank: 150
Author of the record: Libor Prudký
Created: 2008-11-22 15:40:51 - User Jiří Novák
Data last updated: 2021-02-21 20:19:51
URL: https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id592754/
Text function: [[t:592754;<em>Pristigloma nitens</em>]]
[[t:592754;<em>Pristigloma nitens</em>]] J. G. Jeffreys, 1876
Reference: <a href="https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id592754/"><em>Pristigloma nitens</em></a>
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Author: Coan, E. et al.
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Description
Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 122303
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Created: 2023-03-27 10:59:04 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2025-05-08 13:42:04 - User Delsing Jan
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Text ID: 122303
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Created: 2023-03-27 10:59:04 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2025-05-08 13:42:04 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
Text function: [[t:592754,textblock=122303,elang=EN;Description]]
SHINING GLOMA
Glomus nitens Jeffreys, 1876a: 200; 1876b: 433.
Shell oval, inflated. Dorsal margin straight Periostracum light to dark brown, silky. Hinge plate weak, with a few oblique, irregular anterior teeth and a longer posterior series of oblique teeth separated by elongate resilium. Length to 4 mm.
Off Vancouver Island, British Columbia (49.6°N) [LACM; specimen photographed but no longer extant], in 2,015 m. The species is also found in the Atlantic Ocean, and in the North America, West Europe, Canaries, Brazil, Angola and Argentine basins, as well as in the Laurentian Basin of the Arctic Ocean, in 2,022 -4,853 m.
Glomus nitens Jeffreys, 1876a: 200; 1876b: 433.
Shell oval, inflated. Dorsal margin straight Periostracum light to dark brown, silky. Hinge plate weak, with a few oblique, irregular anterior teeth and a longer posterior series of oblique teeth separated by elongate resilium. Length to 4 mm.
Off Vancouver Island, British Columbia (49.6°N) [LACM; specimen photographed but no longer extant], in 2,015 m. The species is also found in the Atlantic Ocean, and in the North America, West Europe, Canaries, Brazil, Angola and Argentine basins, as well as in the Laurentian Basin of the Arctic Ocean, in 2,022 -4,853 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
Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Pristigloma nitens Jeffreys, 1876]Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013