Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778)
Tellinoidea : Semelidae |
| Tebble name: | Scrobicularia plana (da Costa) |
| Smith & Heppell name: | Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778) |
To size: To 65mm. Shell Structure: Solid, but thin shelled. Equivalve: Equivalve. Equilateral: Almost equilateral. Beaks in front of midline. Tumidity: Not tumid. Outline: Subovate. Posterior slightly angular.
Sculpture: Concentric lines and ridges. Margin: Smooth. Ligament: External and internal ligament. Internal large, opisthodetic, set in semicircular chondrophore beneath the external ligament. External ligament small, dark brown just behind beaks. Hinge: Two small cardinals in RV in front of ligament, one small cardinal in LV. No laterals. Pallial Musculature: Anterior adductor elongate, posterior tear-drop shaped. Pallial sinus large; flares upward to midline to a point that marks half the height of posterior scar and then reaches anteriorly and ventrally to become confluent with pallial line two-thirds of the way to the anterior margin. Cruciform muscle scars sometimes visible towards posterior ventral margin near the end of the pallial line. Periostracum: Thin, light brown. Colour: Cream/yellow/light brown.
Distribution & Ecology
Depth Range
Intertidal
Additional Information & Related Species
Related Species
Tellinoidea : Semelidae
References
Listed are literature citing Scrobicularia plana (da Costa, 1778). Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.
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da Costa E M 1778. Historia Naturalis Testaceorum Britanniae London: Millan, White, Elmsley & Robson. 254pp, 17pls. |
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Green J 1957. The growth of Scrobicularia plana (da Costa) in the Gwendraeth estuary. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 36: 41-47. |
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