Chlamys smithi G. B. Sowerby III, 1908
SOWERBY III, G. B. 1908. Descriptions of eight new species of marine Mollusca. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 8: 16-19, pl. 1. [p. 18, pl. 1, figs. 6, 7]
CHLAMYS SMITHI, n.sp. PI. I, Figs. 6, 7.
«Testa subcircularis, aequilateralis, depressiuscula, lutea, rufo alboque variegata. Valva dextra planato-convexa, costis radiantibus circiter 21, angustiusculis, plerumque trisulcatis, minutissime transversim squamoso liratis, interstitiis profundiusculis conspicue transversim acute lamellatis. Valva sinistra paulo convexior, costis aequaliter numerosis, magis scabrosis, interstitiis Iaevioribus, auriculis inaequalibus, squamoso-liratis. Alt. 17, lat. 17, crass. 6.75 mm.
Hab.— Mauritius. This pretty species, sent many years ago by the late Mr. V. de Robillard from Mauritius, has long been wanting a name. It has been confounded with Chlamys nux (Reeve) and C. corruscans (Hinds), but it certainly does not belong to either. C. nux has a different form and general aspect; it is much more ventricose and tumid, with the sides more straightly sloping from the umbones, and the depression behind the left auricle is more pronounced. I may add (although colour does not count for much in determining species of this genus) that the prevailing colour of C. nux is white, more or less variegated with red or brown markings. Chlamys corruscans (Hinds) differs somewhat inform from C. Smithi, and is longitudinally lirate between the ribs, and without concentric sculpture.» GEORGE BRETTINGHAM SOWERBY III, 1908
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G. B. Sowerby III, 1908, plate 1.
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