The Korean Journal of Malacology (한국패류학회지)

The Malacological Society of Korea (한국패류학회)
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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)
  • Published : 2008.08.31
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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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