Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819
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https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930410001695097 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC8797-6F6E-FFDA-FE48-F9ABFCA14AD4 |
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Felipe |
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Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 |
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Chama asperella Lamarck, 1819 View in CoL
Habitat. Cemented to limestone rocks and coral debris from low in the littoral and sublittoral.
FIG. 6.
Distribution. Scarce with single individuals found at Pointe Coton and Anse aux Anglais.
Remarks. In many parts of the Indian Ocean Chama species are very common and C. asperella is the most common intertidal form. Its rarity and paucity of all Chama species in the Rodrigues lagoon is noteworthy.
Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S].
Figured specimen. 22.4 mm, NMW.Z.2001.061.00059.
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