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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Ephippodonta oedipus
Morton, 1976:31–39
, pl. 3, fig. 1–3, 4D and 5E
(
Figure 2N
)
Description
An adult female was collected. Shell length,
3–4 mm
, thin, translucent, white, equivalve, semi-elliptical, with straight hinge line. Shell external sculpture a fine reticulate network of riblets and concentric striae. Shell valves widely splayed to mimic a limpet-like mode of life.
Type
locality
Hong Kong
.
Distribution
Hong Kong
. Within coral galleries.