| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Propeamussium alcocki (Smith, 1894) |
| Figure(s) |
Lectotype
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| Original name | Amussium alcocki Smith, 1894 |
| Autoreference | Smith, 1894: 172, pl. 5, figs 15-16. |
| Reference | Smith, E.A., 1894. Natural history notes from H.M. Indian Marine Survey Steamer "Investigator", Ser. 2 (10). Report upon some Mollusca dregded in the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea. - Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 6, 14: 157-174. |
| Type data | Lectotype (pr: H 40.4, L 39.8, D 7.9 mm) Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Calcutta (ZSI 6154/9), designated by Dijkstra (1995: 13). Type locality: Laccadive Sea, 15*02'N, 72*34'E, 1353 m, alive, grey ooze, 05.05.1890 ("Investigator" stn 105). |
| Description | Shell up to ca. 50 mm high, translucent, creamy, fragile, flattened, circular, inequivalve, inequilateral, auricles equal and smooth. Left valve slightly more inflated than right valve, with some commarginal growth lines, and 1-3 delicate radial lirae near posterior margin. Right valve with widely spaced commarginal lirae. Internal ribs 8-10. Byssal notch and ctenolium lacking. |
| Distribution |
Gulf of Aden, Laccadive Sea (TL), Bay of Bengal, Indonesia, Coral Sea, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, Wallis & Futuna, Vanuatu |
| Habitat | Living bathyally on soft bottom assemblages. |
