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SMALL BIVALVE
09-11-2011, 06:07 AM,
#1
SMALL BIVALVE
Hello, this is a small shell (4 mm) that was between Pollicipes pollicipes, in the atlantic coast of Spain. Does anybody knows the specie? ¿Can be a Mytillus?

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09-12-2011, 06:53 AM,
#2
Re: SMALL BIVALVE
Hello Carlos,

It is definetely Mytilidae; it might be perna perna. The colour isn't exactly correct, in my experience, for M. edulis. Of course, it may be a juvenile M. galloprovincialis; sometimes they are yellowish in colour.

Best wishes,

Emma.
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09-12-2011, 09:52 AM,
#3
Re: SMALL BIVALVE
Thanks Emma, I think that is Perna perna, but as you say, also can be Mytilus galloprovincialis. I will name as aff Perna perna.

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12-01-2011, 09:18 PM,
#4
Re: SMALL BIVALVE
in my opinion this is juv. m. galloprovincialis. by the way, to be sure, you have to check the number of the teeth of the legament. meaning two on one valve and one onto the second valve. if so, well you has a perna
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