Mediterranean. Suspension feeder in the mediolittoral. Gregarious as well as independent. – 3m deep, under stone, Kythnos island, Kykládes, S. Aegean. 21mm.
The external scupture is that of all the members of Petaloconchus.
| Petaloconchus laurae Scuderi, 2012 |
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Mediterranean. Suspension feeder in the mediolittoral. Gregarious as well as independent. – 3m deep, under stone, Kythnos island, Kykládes, S. Aegean. 21mm. |
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| Named after the author’s wife. The external scupture is that of all the members of Petaloconchus. |
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| But the absence of internal keel, unique in the genus, is typical of the species. |
| — back to Vermetidae — |