| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Parvamussium retiolum Dijkstra, 1995 |
| Figures |
rv Holotype lv |
| Original name | Parvamussium retiolum Dijkstra, 1995 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra, 1995: 29, figs 39-42, 97. |
| Reference | Dijkstra, H.H., 1995. Bathyal Pectinoidea (Bivalvia: Propeamussiidae, Entoliidae, Pectinidae) from New Caledonia and adjacent areas. In: P. Bouchet (ed.), Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM, volume 14. - Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 167: 9-73, figs 1-154. |
| Type data | Holotype (pr: H 16.0 mm, L 14.8 mm, D 3.5 mm) Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: Coral Sea, Chersterfield Islands, 19*47'S, 158*44'E, 685-700 m, alive (MUSORSTOM 5 stn CP 363). |
| Description | Shell small up to ca. 16 mm high, fragile, semi-transparent white, inflated, circular, higher than wide, left valve slightly more convex than right valve, inequivalve and inequilateral, somewhat posteriorly oblique, auricles strongly unequal in size and shape, umbonal angle ca. 95 degrees. Left valve sculptured with closely spaced, commarginal lamellae and radial riblets (reticulate appearance). Anterior auricle with fine radial riblets, crossed by fine commarginal lamellae. Right valve with regularly spaced, fine commarginal lirae. Anterior auricle strongly sculptured near lateral margin with commarginal lamellae. Byssal notch relatively deep, byssal fasciole narrow. Internal riblets 10 extending to the submarginal region. |
| Distribution |
Philippines, Chesterfield Islands(TL), New Caledonia, Fiji, Tonga, Lord Howe Rise, Norfolk Ridge |
| Habitat | Living bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
