Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong
Author
Lam, Katherine
Author
Morton, Brian
Author
Leung, K. F.
text
Journal of Natural History
2008
2008-03-31
42
9 - 12
927
952
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930701862674
journal article
10.1080/00222930701862674
1464-5262
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Claudiconcha japonica
(
Dunker, 1882:209
)
(
Figure 2P
)
Description
Shell length,
5 mm
, irregularly oval, right valve larger than left valve which it encloses progressively with age. Shell externally ornamented with commarginal lamellae postero-dorsally. Pallial sinus shallow.
Type
locality
‘‘in litore prope Kisenuma Oceani pacifici lapides calcareous crystallinos penetrans’’ (from the coast of Kesen-numa,
Miyagi Prefecture
,
Japan
, boring into calcitic stones)
.
Distribution
Japan
,
Hong Kong
. Intertidal, nestling in rock and coral crevices (
Morton 1978
).