Adipicola Dautzenberg 1927 ...
Genus Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927 [= Myrina Adams & Adams, 1857 (non Fabricius, 1807)]. Type species (by monotypy). Modiolarca pelagica Forbes in Woodward, 1854. Diagnosis. Shell medium size, shell length up to 40 mm, equivalve, subequilateral, fragile, antero-posteriorly elongate; external surf...
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6038773 https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6038773 |
| Summary: | Genus Adipicola Dautzenberg, 1927 [= Myrina Adams & Adams, 1857 (non Fabricius, 1807)]. Type species (by monotypy). Modiolarca pelagica Forbes in Woodward, 1854. Diagnosis. Shell medium size, shell length up to 40 mm, equivalve, subequilateral, fragile, antero-posteriorly elongate; external surface smooth with irregular growth lines covered by a yellowish to brownish periostracum, periostracal hair absent; valves without gape; umbo subcentral to anterior; internally white to nacreous; hinge plate without teeth or crenulations in adults. Posterior byssal retractors not divided; pedal retractors integrated with the posterior byssal retractors; demibranchs thick, outer and inner demibranchs equal in size. [Soft anatomical features after Coan et al. (2000); Gustafson et al. (1998); Ockelmann & Dinesen (2011).] Species included. Species are listed in Table 1. Distribution. NE Atlantic from Iceland to Portugal, Mediterranean Sea, Marmara Sea; SW and SE Atlantic (Argentine Sea and West Coast of South ... : Published as part of Crespo, Enrique, 2017, First record of the genus Adipicola (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Mytilidae) and description of a new species from the Argentine SW Atlantic Ocean, pp. 325-338 in Zootaxa 4318 (2) on pages 326-329, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/886841 ... |
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