Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876
Mytiloidea : Mytilidae |
| Tebble name: | n/a |
| Smith & Heppell name: | Idasola argentea (Jeffreys, 1876) |
To size:
To 5mm.
Shell Structure:
Thin, fragile, hyaline.
Equivalve:
Equivalve.
Equilateral:
Inequilateral beaks at about 1\4 of shell length from anterior.
Tumidity:
A little compressed, umbos low.
Outline:
Oblong, submodioliform with anterior only a little more narrow than posterior; dorsal and ventral margins of about equal length, subparallel to each other; ventral margin long slightly curved, dorsal margin almost straight, anterior and posterior margins rounded.
Contour:
Prodissoconch I small, about 100μm in diameter, dimpled; Prodissoconch II large, about 600μm in diameter with concentric ridges only.
Sculpture:
Smooth with a few growth lines.
Margin:
Inner margin smooth.
Ligament:
On a shallow resilifer behind the beaks extending about 1/2 the length of the posterior dorsal margin.
Hinge:
Hinge plate very narrow; about 10 simple crenulae in a group below the beaks; about 12 dyssodont teeth behind the ligament.
Pallial Musculature:
Indistinct.
Periostracum:
Thin with scattered short stubby hairs persistent mostly over posterior dorsal and anterior dorsal areas.
Colour:
White, semitransparent.
Distribution & Ecology
Depth Range
Bathyal (500 - 2000m)
Abyssal Rise (2000 - 4000m)
Abyssal Plain (4000m +)
Additional Information & Related Species
Related Species
Mytiloidea : Mytilidae
References
Listed are literature citing Idas argenteus Jeffreys, 1876. Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.
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Jeffreys J G 1876. New and peculiar Mollusca of the Pecten, Mytilus and Arca families, procured in the Valorous expedition. Annals and magazine of natural History. (4)18: 424-436. |
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Oliver PG & Holmes AM 2009. Idas lamellosus Verrill, 1881 (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea) a woodfall mussel new to the fauna of the northeast Atlantic. Journal of Conchology. 39 (6): 705-708. |
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