identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D40765FFE93A074F8D1D2B7E014DCE.text	03D40765FFE93A074F8D1D2B7E014DCE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acar plicata (Dillwyn 1817)	<div><p>Acar plicata (Dillwyn, 1817)</p><p>(Fig. 1A)</p><p>Material examined: 6 specimens, length= 28mm, (MSC:500).</p><p>Shell description</p><p>Often subrectangular and anteriorly decreased. Coarse sculpture composed of lamellae interlaced with radial riblets. Adductor vehicles were lifted somewhat. White to buff with orange or pink undertones.</p><p>Habitat: Lower coast and below: adhering to corals and rocks.</p><p>Distribution: all (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765FFE93A074F8D1D2B7E014DCE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Yasser, Amaal Gh.;Naser, Murtada D.;Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M.;Abdullah, Dawood S.	Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M., Abdullah, Dawood S. (2023): New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 50-54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7
03D40765FFE93A074F8D19597ED949FA.text	03D40765FFE93A074F8D19597ED949FA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Scissileda tropica (Melvill 1897) Papahn & Ghajari 2018	<div><p>Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897)</p><p>(Fig. 1C)</p><p>Material examined: 1 specimen, length= 18mm, (MSC:502).</p><p>Shell description</p><p>Beaks slightly forward of the midline. Subelliptical; dorsal edges are long and very softly sloping; the anterior is rounded; the posterior dorsal junction is subacute, and the posterior margin is short, nearly straight, and inwardly sloping. Shiny, opaque surface sculpture with weak oblique lines terminating along the posterior slope. With a narrow yellowish periostracum and a white coloration.</p><p>Habitat:  S. tropica found offshore in the mud.</p><p>Distribution: NWG, GO (Fig. 2), recorded from Kuwait by Glayzer et al., 1984 as  Yoldia nicobarica, Al-Yamani et al., 2012; Al-Kandari et al., 2020</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765FFE93A074F8D19597ED949FA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Yasser, Amaal Gh.;Naser, Murtada D.;Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M.;Abdullah, Dawood S.	Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M., Abdullah, Dawood S. (2023): New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 50-54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7
03D40765FFE93A074F8D1B617E6E4B16.text	03D40765FFE93A074F8D1B617E6E4B16.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Sunetta effossa (Hanley 1843)	<div><p>Sunetta effossa (Hanley, 1843)</p><p>(Fig. 1B)</p><p>Material examined: 3 specimens, length= 42mm, (MSC:501).</p><p>Shell description</p><p>Beaks are slightly forward of the midline. Subovate, roundly pointed anterior, broadly rounded posterior, or subtruncate. Up to 25 prominent, concentric, smooth ridges. Escutcheon was thoroughly excavated. Beige to lilac with zigzag lines and blotches in brown.</p><p>Habitat: living offshore in sand.</p><p>Distribution: NWG, GO (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765FFE93A074F8D1B617E6E4B16	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Yasser, Amaal Gh.;Naser, Murtada D.;Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M.;Abdullah, Dawood S.	Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M., Abdullah, Dawood S. (2023): New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 50-54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7
03D40765FFEA3A044F8D1A4C7E9348C4.text	03D40765FFEA3A044F8D1A4C7E9348C4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Protapes cor (G. B. Sowerby II 1853)	<div><p>Protapes cor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1853)</p><p>(Fig. 1D)</p><p>Material examined: 3 specimens, length= 75mm, (MSC:503) .</p><p>Shell description</p><p>Beaks much forward of the midline Globose. Suborbicular, about as high as it is long, with a somewhat narrow, pouting anterior border. Lunule not defined and lunule margin horizontal or almost so. The sculpture is initially composed of very thin lines that progressively become coarser and more narrow. The pallial sinus is brief, gently rising, and its apex is subacute. White to filthy beige with no radial coloration.</p><p>Habitat: Living offshore in the mud.</p><p>Distribution: NWG, SEG (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765FFEA3A044F8D1A4C7E9348C4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Yasser, Amaal Gh.;Naser, Murtada D.;Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M.;Abdullah, Dawood S.	Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M., Abdullah, Dawood S. (2023): New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 50-54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7
03D40765FFEA3A054F8D18677E014FEA.text	03D40765FFEA3A054F8D18677E014FEA.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Circenita callipyga (Born 1778)	<div><p>Circenita callipyga (Born, 1778)</p><p>(Fig. 1E)</p><p>Material examined: 2 specimens, length= 47mm, (MSC:504) .</p><p>Shell description</p><p>Beaks are nearly central. subovate (length distinctly greater than height) (length distinctly greater than height). Posterior slope varies proportionally from moderate to steep. Sculpture composed of low, slender ridges and growth lines that are frequently worn in the middle and nearly smooth. Inner margin is polished. Pale with sparse spots, radially interrupted rays, and zigzag lines; grey, orange, brown, chocolate, and black.</p><p>Habitat: It is living in sand and sandy mud, mid tide levels.</p><p>Distribution: all (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765FFEA3A054F8D18677E014FEA	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Yasser, Amaal Gh.;Naser, Murtada D.;Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M.;Abdullah, Dawood S.	Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M., Abdullah, Dawood S. (2023): New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 50-54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7
03D40765FFEB3A054F8D1AF87EE1497E.text	03D40765FFEB3A054F8D1AF87EE1497E.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Acrosterigma lacunosa (Reeve 1845)	<div><p>Acrosterigma lacunosa (Reeve, 1845)</p><p>(Fig. 1F)</p><p>Material examined: 1 specimen, length= 65 mm, (MSC:505).</p><p>Shell description</p><p>Solid and moderately thick. Ovate, longer than it is wide. Sculpture of 31–35 radial ribs; posterior 6–8 with somewhat oblique, lamellar spines. Externally cream with zones, dots, and patches of ochre, chestnut, and mauve; internal edge reddish to purple-brown, umbonal cavity initially with a pair of longitudinal purple bars and suffused with fawn to orange.</p><p>Habitat:  A. lacunosa lives in sand, offshore.</p><p>Distribution: NG, NWG, SEG, GO (Fig. 2).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D40765FFEB3A054F8D1AF87EE1497E	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Yasser, Amaal Gh.;Naser, Murtada D.;Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M.;Abdullah, Dawood S.	Yasser, Amaal Gh., Naser, Murtada D., Abdul-Sahib, Ibtisam M., Abdullah, Dawood S. (2023): New records of bivalves from the Iraqi coast. Ecologica Montenegrina 62: 50-54, DOI: 10.37828/em.2023.62.7, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37828/em.2023.62.7
