- Barnea candida
Taxobox
name = "Barnea candida"
fossil_range =Holocene to Recent
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status =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Mollusc a
classis =Bivalvia
ordo =Myoida
familia =Pholadidae
genus = "Barnea "
species = "B. candida"
binomial = "Barnea candida"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus, 1758)"Barnea candida" is a marine
bivalve mollusc in the familyPholadidae .Description
The shell is long and covered in horizontal ribs, crossed by vertical ribs, forming a structure. On the intersections are scale formed spikes. A narrow and curved edge is located on the inside of the shell.
ize
* Length: up to 50 mm
* Width: up to 20 mm.Colour
Chalk-white, yellow-white or grey.
Fossil
"Barnea candida" is common in the
North Sea region in deposits from theHolocene , the Eemian interglacial and late MiddlePleistocene .References
* Aut|Bruyne, R.H. de, 1991. "Schelpen van de Nederlandse kust." Jeugdbondsuitgeverij Stichting Uitgevrij KNNV, 165 pag.
* Aut|Bruyne, R.H. de, 2004. "Veldgids Schelpen." KNNV Uitgeverij, ISBN 90-5011-140-8, 234 pag.
* Aut|Bruyne, R.H. de, Bank, R.A., Adema, J.P.H.M. & Perk, F.A., 1994. "Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en België." Feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestigjarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging. Backhuys, Leiden. 149 pp. ISBN 90-733-48-33-1
* Aut|Janssen, A.W., Peeters, G.A. & Slik, L. van der, 1984. "De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse stranden en zeegaten, tweede serie, 8 (slot)." Basteria, 48: 89-220.External Links
* [http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Barnea.html#Barnea Animal Diversity Web: Barnea]
* [http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140767 MarBEF Data System: "Barnea candida"]
* [http://www.marlin.ac.uk/species/Barneacandida.htm MARLIN: "Barnea candida"]
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