Lophinae, Vialov, 1936
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F66-FFD0-FDBE-FD5DFCA1488F |
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Felipe |
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Lophinae |
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Lophinae sp.
Habitat. Attached to the insides of the dead valves of a variety of bivalve species but mostly on Tridacna .
Distribution. Anse aux Anglais, Baie Pistache.
Remarks. This very small, very flat oyster has a few strong divergent radial ribs and is consequently quite distinctive. It may, however, be no more than an ecomorph of A. crenulifera .
Figured specimen. 21.8 mm, NMW.Z.1999.073.00021.
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