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Madagascar bivalves
06-26-2008, 02:50 PM,
#1
Madagascar bivalves
Hello again,
This time I am in trouble with Madagascar bivalves. They have been recently collected from the Mozambique Channel (West coast near Morondava, an estuarine area). I hope you could help with a few of them if not all.


A: 42mm
<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4026.JPG" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4026.JPG" style="border:0" />

B: 33mm (Donacidae)
<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4028.JPG" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4028.JPG" style="border:0" />

C: 18mm (Donacidae)
<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4029.JPG" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4029.JPG" style="border:0" />

D: 14mm (Donacidae)
<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4030.JPG" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4030.JPG" style="border:0" />

E: 41mm
<img src="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4025.JPG" alt="http://www.conchylinet.com/Images/Misc/4025.JPG" style="border:0" />

Thanks,
Conchylinet.
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06-27-2008, 08:05 AM,
#2
Madagascar bivalves
A: Dosinia sp.

B: Looks more like a member of Mesodesmatidae as of Donacidae, but I'm not sure in this

C: Donax madagascariensis (Wood, 1828)  <span class="petit">--Last edited by mikede on 2008-06-27 00:07:54 --</span>
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06-27-2008, 08:34 AM,
#3
Madagascar bivalves
A - Dosinia tumida  Gray, 1838
B - Probably Tivela polita (Sowerby, 1851)
C - (agree with above ID)
D - Donax bipartitus  Sowerby, 1892
E - May be Macoma retrorsa  (Sowerby, 1867)  <span class="petit">--Last edited by Paul Monfils on 2008-06-28 02:41:48 --</span>
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06-28-2008, 09:42 AM,
#4
Madagascar bivalves
Thank you so much for these fast identifications!
Conchylinet.
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