Tellina gaimardi
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| Tellina gaimardi Iredale, 1915 |
Tellina gaimardi, or the angled wedge shell, is a bivalve mollusc of the family Tellinidae, endemic to New Zealand. It is found around the North and South islands, common in shallow water off ocean beaches.
The shell is rather large, compressed, ovate-subtrigonal, the posterior end the longer, and weakly flexed. Sculpture consists of dense, fine, concentric lines, crossed by three or four weak radial folds at the anterior end, and two at the posterior end.
Coloration is pure white, with traces of a thin yellowish-olive periostracum.
Height is up to 43 mm, length 65 mm, and thickness 13 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A W B, New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
- Glen Pownall, New Zealand Shells and Shellfish, Seven Seas Publishing Pty Ltd, Wellington, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 85467-054-8
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