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unknown bivalve from SW Australia
11-01-2009, 04:59 PM,
#1
unknown bivalve from SW Australia
Hi,
Another unknown shell below. It has been found beached in SouthWestern Australia and 15mm long. I have no idea of its family aswell and I am not sure it is a marine specie.
Thanks for any clue.
Pierre

<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/5132.jpg" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/5132.jpg" style="border:0" />
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05-05-2010, 07:16 PM,
#2
unknown bivalve from SW Australia
Hi Pierre,
It is sure this is a marine species.
There is a species close to this shape in New Zealand : <i>Spisula aequilatera</i>.
Maybe you can try that way<img src="images/smiley/wink.gif" alt="" border="0" />
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05-06-2010, 09:40 AM,
#3
unknown bivalve from SW Australia
Don't know the species but you could try the family Mesodesmatidae.
Dave
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05-07-2010, 02:21 PM,
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unknown bivalve from SW Australia
I'd go for the family Trigoniidae <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigoniidae" target="_blank"><!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigoniidae">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trigoniidae</a><!-- m --></a>

The hinge structure of this shell certainly doesn't belong to a member of Mesodesmatidae.

Mike  <span class="petit">--Last edited by mikede on 2010-05-07 18:22:13 --</span>
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05-08-2010, 06:39 PM,
#5
unknown bivalve from SW Australia
Hi all,
I think Khan is right, also in the Mediterranean sea there is a shell like this, it is spisula subtruncata family Mactridae.

Claudio
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