Limnoperna coreana n. sp.(Bivalvia: Mytiloidea: Mytilidae) from Baengnyong Cave, Gangweon-do, Korea
Limnoperna coreana n. sp. (Bivalvia: Mytiloidea: Mytilidae) from Baengnyong Cave, Gangweon-do, Korea
Park, Gab-Man
(Department of Parasitology, Kwandong University College of Medicine)
Choi, Yong-Gun
(The Korean Institute of Biospeleology)
한국패류학회지 / The Korean Journal of Malacology, (P)1225-3480;
2008, v.24 no.2, pp.89-92
Park, Gab-Man,
&
Choi, Yong-Gun.
(2008). Limnoperna coreana n. sp.(Bivalvia: Mytiloidea: Mytilidae) from Baengnyong Cave, Gangweon-do, Korea, 24(2), 89-92.
Abstract
A new species of the mytiloidean freshwater bivalve is described from Baengnyong Cave, Pyeongchang-gun, Gangweon-do. Limnoperna coreana n. sp. belongs to the genus Limnoperna Rochebrune, 1882 with the byssus. This species has a small shell with the glossy surface and rounded-triangular and differs morphologically from all of its congeners.
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Limnoperna coreana,
new species,
Mytilidae,
Korea
ISSN : 1225-3480
