Talochlamys humilis (G. B. Sowerby III, 1904)
SOWERBY III, G. B. 1904. Mollusca of South Africa (Pelecypoda). Marine Investigations in South Africa, 4: 1-19. [p. 3, pl. 6, fig. 3]
1904 Chlamys humilis G. B. Sowerby III, 1904
G. B. Sowerby III, 1904, plate 6.
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«Shell rather higher than broad, equivalve, equilateral, thin, compressed, reddish orange colour, with four yellowish rays; radiating riblets about 30 in number (with here and there a small intervening ridge), slightly imbricated, the lateral ones more distinctly so, the interstices crossed by sharp lamellae. Auricles very unequal; the anterior broad, with about eight prickly ridges, the posterior small, ridges almost obsolete. Left valve nearly flat; right rather convex; sculpture similar in both valves.
Height, 16; width, 15; depth, 5 millim. Hab.: — Great Fish Point, N.W., 9 miles, depth 51 fathoms; bottom, sand and shells (one specimen only). Cape St. Blaize, N. by E 1/4 E., 65 miles, depth 90 fathoms (a single specimen). This little species appears to be very rare, only one specimen having been taken at each of the above stations. It presents no particularly striking characters, resembling somewhat in form and aspect the Mediterranean C. Bruei, Payr., the ribs being closer, more rounded, and not longitudinally lirate.» GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III, 1904
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