Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues
Author
Oliver, P. Graham
Author
Holmes, Anna
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Killeen, Ian
Author
Light, Janice
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Wood, Harriet
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Journal of Natural History
2004
2004-12-01
38
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Barbatia parva
(Sowerby, 1833)
Habitat.
Attached by a weak byssus to the undersides of rocks and coral rubble blocks.
Distribution.
Has been found living only occasionally, but given its small size and camouflaged appearance it may have been overlooked.
Remarks.
May be taken for a juvenile of a larger, preceding
Barbatia
species
but it is of a pale brown colour, with soft periostracal hairs and umbos tinged pink to red.
Range.
Indo-West Pacific [R/S].
Figured specimen.
15.9 mm
, NMW.Z.1999.073.00006.