Cardita nodulosa Lamarck, 1819:25

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F., 2008, Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 927-952 : 938

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701862674
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scientific name	Cardita nodulosa Lamarck, 1819:25
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Cardita nodulosa Lamarck, 1819:25 View in CoL

Description

Shell small, thick, anterior-posteriorly elongated, trapezoidal, inflated. Approximately sixteen radial ribs ornamated with hyote spines.

Type locality

‘‘Les mers de la Nouvelle Hollande, à la baie des Chiens-Marins’’ ( Shark Bay , Western Australia) .

Distribution

Hokkaido to Kyushu, Japan, New Caledonia, northwestern Australia, East China Sea and the tropical Pacific, e.g. Hong Kong. Sandy gravel bottoms at between 5– 450 m deep and now submarine caves.