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genus

Panacca Dall, 1905

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Bivalvia - bivalves »  order Poromyida »  family Parilimyidae

Scientific synonyms

Aporema Dall, 1903 non Scudder, 1890
Notomya Cotton, 1931 non M'Coy, 1847

Description

Shell subtrigonal, inflated, very inequilateral, posterior side very much greater in length than the anterior; posterior rounded, anterior truncate; dorsal and ventral margins nearly straight; radial ridges numerous; anterior side with a broad radial fold; umbo entire, incurved, chondrophore narrow, posterior to the umbo; adductor scars low down; pallial sinus well developed.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Author: Jan Delsing

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

species Panacca africana P. Fischer, 1883
species Panacca arata (Verrill & Smith in Verrill, 1881)
species Panacca tasmanica Ch. Hedley & W. L. May, 1914

Panacca tasmanica


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