| PROPEAMUSSIIDAE | Propeamussium lucidum (Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873) |
| Figure(s) |
Lectotype
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| Original name | Pleuronectia lucida Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873 |
| Autoreference | Jeffreys in Thomson, 1873: 464, fig. 78. |
| Reference | Thomson, C.W., 1873. The depths of the sea. Macmillan, London. xx + 527 pp. |
| Type data | Lectotype (pr: H 9.8 mm, L 9.5 mm) The Natural History Museum, London (BMNH 1885.11.5.590), designated by Dijkstra & Gofas (2004: 36). Type locality: E Atlantic, SW of Ireland, 49*01'N, 11*56'W, 1019 m, ooze, sand, 26.06.1869 ("Porcupine" 1869 stn 39). |
| Description | Shell up to ca. 14 mm high, fragile, semi-transparent, weakly inflated, left valve slightly more convex than right valve, oval, inequivalve, nearly equilateral, auricles unequal in size and shape, colour whitish. Left valve smooth (typical), or weakly radially and/or commarginally sculptured. Right valve with commarginal sculpture. Internal ribs 9 (typical), rarely 8 or 10, with 2 auricular riblets and interstitial rudimentary riblets. Byssal notch very small, ctenolium lacking. |
| Distribution |
SW Ireland(TL), E Atlantic (ca. 53*N-15*N) |
| Habitat | Living bathyally and upper abyssally on soft bottom assemblages. |
