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Corbula gibba
Description Two specimens collected at extreme low tide, Plage des Rosaires, western extremity (Tournemire), Plérin, Côtes d'Armor, N. Brittany, NW. France. 10,9mm: under stone, on wet muddy sand. 9,3mm: used as anchor in the byssal thread of a mussel cluster (Mytilus edulis), together with little pebbles and other shell debris (Anomia ephippium, Ruditapes philippinarum etc.).
Author Olivier Caro
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added on 2019-04-211 832 viewsRAS taxaDigital photo, entire species Corbula gibba (Olivi, 1792) accepted as Varicorbula gibba (Olivi, 1792)
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