| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Cyclochlamys bacata Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008 |
| Figures |
Holotype (lv)
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| Original name | Cyclochlamys bacata Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra & Marshall, 2008: 25, figs 21, 22B, 22F, 22G. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H. & B.A. Marshall, 2008. The Recent Pectinoidea of the New Zealand region (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Pectinidae and Spondylidae). - Molluscan Research 28(1): 1-88, 70 figs. |
| Type data | Holotype (lv: H 1.55 mm) Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (NMNZ M.107576). Type locality: New Zealand, W Norfolk Ridge, Wanganella Bank, summit, 32*32.6'S, 167*29.2'E, 133 m, dead, RV 'Tangaroa', 29.i.1981. |
| Description | Shell small up to 1.90 mm high, inequilaterial, slightly posteriorly oblique, auricles unequal in size, translucent white. Left valve disc and auricles sculptured with radial rows of prominent, radially elongate, ovate hollow nodules, stronger on disc than on auricles, multiplying by intercalation. Internal riblets lacking. |
| Distribution |
SW South Island, New Zealand (TL) |
| Habitat | Shells bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
