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| Nucula certisinus Finlay, 1930
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Nucula certisinus is a saltwater nut clam, a marine bivalve mollusc in the family Nuculidae.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Doubtless Bay in New Zealand.
Habitat
It is found at depths of about 22 m.
Description
The shell is very small, most similar to Nucula dunedinensis, but of more trigonal outline, and with different, concentric sculpture consisting of rounded ridges, separated by subequal interspaces, the latter finely and densely radially lirate.
The maximum height is 1.6 mm, and width is up to 1.8 mm.
References
- Powell A. W. B., New Zealand Mollusca, William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1979 ISBN 0-00-216906-1