Parilimya waitotarana
species of mollusc
Parilimya waitotarana is a species of bivalve, a marine mollusc in the family Parilimyidae. Fossils of the species date to late Pliocene strata of the Waipipi Formation in New Zealand.
Description
In the original description, Powell described the species as follows:
Shell elongate-oval, cuneate, moderately inequilateral. Umbones situated at a little in front of the middle. Anterior end short and flattened, with a slight ridge running from the base of the flattened area to the umbonal region. Posterior end produced and. attenuated. Shell substance typical; thin and nacreous. Sculpture consisting of simple, distant, slender, radiate ribs, which are confined to the median portion of the valves. The ribs are twelve in number, the first, which is the strongest, being situated at a little behind the anterior fold, after which the ribs diminish in strength.
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