TN00453 ORANGE-FOOTED PIMPLEBACK MUSSEL PLETHOBASUS STRIATUS
TN00453PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: SHELL IS NEARLY CIRCULAR OR SUBTRIANGULAR IN OUTLINE, VALVES ARE SOLID, INEQUILATERAL AND ONLY MODERATELY INFLATED, BEAKS ARE HIGH, FULL AND DIRECTED FORWARD, POSTERIOR RIDGE IS LOW AND ROUNDED OR IS LACKING, SURFACE IS MARKED BY CONCENTRIC, IRREGULAR GROWTH LINES AND THE POSTERIOR TWO-THIRDS OF THE SHELL IS COVERED WITH NUMEROUS RAISED IRREGULAR PUSTULES, EPIDERMIS VARIES FROM A YELLOWISH BROWN TO A REDDISH BROWN IN COLOR, LEFT VALVE HAS 2 TRIANGULAR ROUGHENED PSEUDOCARDINAL TEETH, A BROAD INTERDENTUM AND 2 SHORT STRAIGHT LATERAL TEETH, RIGHT VALVE HAS A LARGE TRIANGULAR PSEUDOCARDINAL TOOTH AND A SHORT LATERAL TOOTH, BEAK CAVITY IS DEEP AND COMPRESSED, ANTERIOR MUSCLE SCARS ARE DEEP, WHILE THE POSTERIOR SCARS ARE SHALLOW, NACRE COLOR IS WHITE OR PINK INSIDE THE PALLIAL LINE, BECOMING IRIDESCENT POSTERIORLY *TN5587* REPRODUCTION: IS A SUMMER BREEDER *TN5587*
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2100, 4270, 4270
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