Catillopecten murrayi (E. A. Smith, 1885)
SMITH, E. A. 1885. Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. In C. W. Thomson & J. Murray: Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Zoology, 13: 1-341, pls. 1-25. [p. 303, pl. 22, figs. 1, 1a]
1885 Pecten murrayi E. A. Smith, 1885
E. A. Smith, 1885, plate 22.
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«Testa irregulariter circularis, compressa, tonuissima, subhyalina, inaequivalvis, sordide albida. Valva dextra fere plana, incrementi lineis tenuibus striata, sinistra paulo convexa, liris numerosis regularibus concentricis tenuissimis instructa. Auriculae valvae sinistrae fere aequales, postica latere posteriori coutinua; antica valvae dextrae parva, inferne mediocriter profunde sinuata, sinu callo tenui induto. Pagina interna nitida.
Length 15½ mm., height 14½, diameter 2.
Habitat.— Station 184, east of Cape York, North Australia, in 1400 fathoms. In this very flat species the hinge-line occupies about two-fifths of the whole length of the shell. The valves are differently sculptured, the concentric lirae of the deeper or left one being stronger than those in the right. In this, in addition to the concentric sculpture, minute interrupted lines which radiate from the apex are discernible under the microscope, and within it is slightly nacreous.» EDGAR ALBERT SMITH, 1885
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