Petaloconchus laurae Scuderi, 2012
Mediterranean. Suspension feeder in the mediolittoral. Gregarious as well as independent. – 3m deep, under stone, Kythnos island, Kykládes, S. Aegean. 21mm.
Named after the author’s wife.
The external scupture is that of all the members of Petaloconchus.
But the absence of internal keel, unique in the genus, is typical of the species.
Agios Charálambos cove, east of Chóra Sfakíon, SW. Crete.

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