| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Parvamussium vesiculatum Dijkstra, 1995 |
| Figures |
rv Holotype lv |
| Original name | Parvamussium vesiculatum Dijkstra, 1995 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra, 1995: 37, figs 59-62, 93-96. |
| 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 6.0 mm, L 5.8 mm, D 1.8 mm) Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN). Type locality: SE New Caledonia, 22*47'S, 167*14'E, 440-450 m, alive (BIOCAL stn DW 44). |
| Description | Shell small up to ca. 6 mm high, fragile, semi-transparent white, weakly inflated, nearly circular, left valve slightly more convex than right valve, inequivalve, somewhat inequilateral, auricles unequal in size, umbonal angle ca. 95 degrees. Left valve sculptured with widely spaced, commarginal lirae with strongly developed nodules or hollow scales. Auricles with commarginal lamellae. Right valve with regularly narrow spaced, delicate commarginal lirae. Byssal notch relatively deep, byssal fasciole narrow. Internal riblets rudimentary (5 anteriorly and 4 posteriorly). Right valve with large white spot at centre of disc. Marginal apron (below the interior riblets) of right valve often broken off. |
| Distribution |
E Taiwan, Philippines, Indonesia, Coral Sea, New Caledonia (TL) |
| Habitat | Living bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
