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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Mysella compacta
(
Gould, 1861:34
)
(
Figure 2O
)
Description
Shell small, thin, translucent, equivalve and slightly convex. Surface shiny and ornamented by faint striae paralleling the ventral shell margin.
Type
locality
‘‘
China
Seas’’; Hoi Sing Wan,
Hong Kong
, 22
°
269N, 114
°
159E.
Distribution
In
Hong Kong
, the species attaches to subtidal corals and intertidal rocks in protected waters: usually associated with sea anemones. Steep Island Submarine Cave,
Hong Kong
.