A redefinition of Pseudokellya Pelseneer, 1903 (Bivalvia: Cyamiidae) and the description of a new species from the Southern Ocean

• Main Authors: Zelaya, Diego Gabriel, Ituarte, Cristian Federico
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Bailey-Matthews Shell Museum
• Subjects: Kellia; Cyamiidae; Perrierina; Cyamiocardium; reproduction; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Southern Ocean; South Shetland Islands; Argentino; Argentina; Pelseneer
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/103325

A new species of Pseudokellya, Pseudokellya franki from South Shetland Islands, is described. P. franki is characterized by its subcircular shell outline, the periostracum forming low lamellate commarginal folds, radial sculpture absent, and by the presence of a single posterior siphonal opening, a...