Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778)
Veneroidea : Veneridae |
| Tebble name: | n/a |
| Smith & Heppell name: | Chamelea gallina (L., 1758) |
To size: To 45mm. Shell Structure: Solid. Equivalve: Equivalve. Equilateral: Equilateral. Tumidity: Tumid. Outline: Subtrigonal. Posterior dorsal margin long and fairly straight, extends to rounded triangular end. Lunule heart-shaped and clearly defined with radiating ridges. Escutcheon indistinct depression.
Sculpture: Concentric ridges. In places ridge may branch/merge into another. Margin: Finely crenulate. Ligament: Sunken, discreet. Extends a third of dorsal margin. Hinge: 3 cardinals in each valve. No lateral. Pallial Musculature: Muscle scars roughly equal: Posterior slightly fatter than anterior. Pallial sinus small, triangular. Periostracum: Thin, matt. Colour: Cream/beige/yellow/brown may have 3 rays/lines/streaks/zigzags/blotches of reddish-brown/purple extending from umbos. Internal white sometimes with purple/yellow/orange around pallial sinus or under umbos.
Distribution & Ecology
Depth Range
Intertidal
Continental Shelf (to 200m)
Additional Information & Related Species
Related Species
Veneroidea : Veneridae
References
Listed are literature citing Chamelea striatula (da Costa, 1778). Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.
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Backeljau T, Bouchet P, Gofas S & De Bruyn L 1994. Genetic variation, systematics and distribution of the venerid clam Chamelea gallina. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 74: 211-223. |
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da Costa E M 1778. Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson. 254pp, 17pls. |
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Salas C & Gofas S 1998. Description of four new species of Neolepton Monterosato, 1875 (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Neoleptonidae), with comments on the genus and on its affinity with the Veneracea. Ophelia. 48(1): 35-70. |
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