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and slightly nearer the posterior end and there is a characteristic short transverse crack in it. The internal ligament is supported by a diagonal ridge of shell and there are no teeth near the hinge. The exterior of the shell is white, slightly granular and sculptured with fine concentric lines. The interior of the shell is somewhat
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is thin, brittle, and slightly inflated and grows to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in). The left valve is slightly larger and more convex than the right. The general shape is an elongated oval with the posterior end somewhat truncated and narrower than the anterior end. The umbone is shallow
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505:. Some of these fossils are still in the positions the molluscs occupied when alive and it has been found that they are all orientated in roughly the same direction, many with a variance of only 10° and all within a 66° range. This orientation is similar to the way in which the
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maximise energy gain in the summer in an environment where the food availability and consequent growth of organisms varies greatly at different times of the year. The orientation of modern
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to the mouth. The water then emerges through the exhalant siphon.
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567:World Register of Marine Species
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1081:Laternula_(Laternula)_elliptica
1223:Taxa named by William Broderip
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852:10.1371/journal.pone.0016069
559:(King & Broderip, 1832)"
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519:Margaritifera margaritifera
269:Melvill & Standen, 1898
261:Melvill & Standen, 1914
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533:has not yet been studied.
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475:radioactive carbon
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266:Thracia antarctica
250:Anatina prismatica
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