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Asthenothaerus hemphilli W. H. Dall, 1886

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Anomalodesmata »  family Thraciidae »  genus Asthenothaerus

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Asthenothaerus hemphilli

Author: Dall, W.H.

Asthenothaerus hemphilli

Author: Mikkelsen & Bieler

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Description

Quadrangular to elongated oval, posterior truncate and slightly gaping, left valve slightly smaller than right valve, thin-walled, surface granular with commarginal ridges, translucent white with thin, yellowish periostracum, pallial sinus deep, margin smooth. North Carolina, Florida Keys, Gulf of Mexico. Length 11 mm. Syn. balesi Rehder, 1943.
Mikkelsen, P.M. & Bieler, R., 2003. Seashells of Southern Florida. Living Marine Mollusks of the Florida Keys and Adjacent Regions: Bivalves.
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 Asthenothaerus hemphilli Dall, 1886]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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