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Key to Thracia and Cochlodesma
Crack on umbonal region, lithodesma protrudes ventrally. Small juveniles may not exhibit a crack, but lithodesma will always protrude ventrally = Cochlodesma.
No crack on umbo, lithodesma confluent with dorsal margin = Thracia.
If no crack but lithodesma is not confluent with dorsal margin and protrudes ventrally see above.
From Arctic: Iceland, Northern Norway, Sweden
From British continental shelf
Rostrum on posterior, visible as a shaded area on dorsal side
No rostrum on posterior and posterior end is longer than anterior
Prominent moon-shaped lithodesma
Short, thin lithodesma, often lost
Pallial sinus moderate - to beak
