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Author: Jan Delsing
Text ID: 96488
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Created: 2019-11-05 20:06:02 - User Delsing Jan
Last change: 2019-11-05 20:06:38 - User Delsing Jan
Language: EN
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Shell: Very small, equivalve and only slightly inequilateral, the anterior side being somewhat larger. Beaks: Prominent, prosogyrate. The prodissoconch measures about 150 micron.
Sculpture: There is no sculpture proper, only slight concentric growth lines can be detected.
Dentition: Each valve shows a clearlv defined tubercular cardinal. Literal teeth are not clearly defined. The ligament pit is long, just below the posterio-dorsal side. Color: Usually, loose valves are colorless but live-collected material is of a golden-yellow color. Muscle scars as well as a pallial line could hardly be detected. Dimensions: 1.60 x 1.75 mm. Off the eastern coast of Elba, 50 to 80 m.
Aartsen, J.J. van & Carrozza, F., 1997. On "Lasaea" pumila (S.V. Wood, 1851) and two new bivalves from European waters: Mancikellia diviae n.sp. And Kelliopsis jozinae, n.sp. (Bivalvia: Condylocardiidae and Montacutidae)