Myadora subrostrata
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| Myadora subrostrata E. A. Smith, 1880 |
Myadora subrostrata is a bivalve mollusc of the family Myochamidae, endemic to New Zealand including the Chatham Islands at depths of between 25 and 185 m.
The shell is triangular-ovate, with coarse concentric corrugations and a weak posterior ridge, but no sulcus.
Height is up to 14.5 mm, length 18 mm, and thickness 5 mm.
[edit] References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1
