Dacrydium vitreum (Holboll in Moller, 1842)
Mytiloidea : Mytilidae |
| Tebble name: | n/a |
| Smith & Heppell name: | Dacrydium vitreum (Holboll in Moller, 1842) |
To size:
Very small to 5mm.
Shell Structure:
Fragile, hyaline.
Equivalve:
Equivalve.
Equilateral:
Inequilateral beaks close to anterior margin.
Tumidity:
Compressed.
Outline:
Outline modioliform, beaks subterminal; ventral margin long more or less straight; dorsal margins almost straight, anterior dorsal very short, anterior narrowly rounded not pronounced, posterior dorsal long sloping gently relative to ventral margin; posterior and posterior ventral margins forming a smooth broad curve.
Contour:
Prodissoconch small about 140μm in diameter.
Sculpture:
Sculpture smooth except for scattered weak growth lines.
Margin:
Inner margin smooth.
Ligament:
Ligament small, internal, situated in a distinct sunken resilifer beneath the beaks.
Hinge:
Hinge plate narrow, ligament margin with up to 70 dysodont teeth, these as narrow, rather irregular flanges decreasing in size towards the beaks; a few more robust denticulate teeth are also present anterior of the beaks.
Pallial Musculature:
Anterior adductor scar about 1/2 size of posterior.
Periostracum:
Thin, greenish, semitransparent.
Colour:
White, glassy.
Distribution & Ecology
Depth Range
Continental Margin Zone (200 - 500m)
Bathyal (500 - 2000m)
Additional Information & Related Species
Related Species
Mytiloidea : Mytilidae
References
Listed are literature citing Dacrydium vitreum (Holboll in Moller, 1842). Reference containing the species Type Description is highlighted.
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Møller H O 1842. Index Molluscorum Groenlandiae. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift, Kjøbenhavn. 4(1): 76-97. |
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Warén A 1991. New and little known Mollusca from Iceland and Scandinavia. Sarsia. 76: 53-124. |
Resources
- Conchological Society
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Check List of European Marine Mollusca - MarLIN
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- MarBEF
- Malacological Society
- Unitas Malacologica
- Census of Marine Life
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