Draculamya porobranchiata Oliver & Lützen, 2011
Galeommatoidea : Montacutidae |
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| Smith & Heppell name: | n/a |
To size: To 2mm. Shell Structure: Thin, fragile. Equivalve: Equivalve. Equilateral: Slightly inequilateral, beaks a little behind midline. Tumidity: Inflated. Outline: Subcircular, slightly oblique and expanded anteriorly, all margins rounded. The anterior dorsal margin slightly longer than posterior dorsal.
Sculpture: Sculpture of commarginal lines and growth stops of varying intensity, some prominently lined, some apparently smooth. Margin: Inner margin smooth. Ligament: Internal on a shallow resilifer set obliquely between the cardinal tooth and the posterior laterals. Hinge: Hinge relatively strong; right valve with a single cardinal peg and single anterior and posterior laterals; left valve lacking cardinal teeth, with single anterior and posterior lateral teeth as extensions of the shell edge. Pallial Musculature: Scars weakly impressed, indistinct but adductor muscles subequal, pallial line entire. Periostracum: Thin, weakly lirate and greenish when fresh. Colour: Shell off-white, translucent.
Distribution & Ecology
Depth Range
Bathyal (500 - 2000m)
Additional Information & Related Species
Key Features & Similar Species
Related Species
Galeommatoidea : Montacutidae
References
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Oliver P.G. & Lützen J. 2011. An anatomically bizarre, fluid-feeding, galeommatoidean bivalve: Draculamya porobranchiata gen et sp nov. (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Journal of Conchology. 40 (4): 365-392. |
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