Two Unrecorded Molluscan Species (Atrina teramachii and Liocranchia reinhardti) from Korean Waters

  • Received : 2008.10.28
  • Accepted : 2009.05.25
  • Published : 2009.08.31

Abstract

Two molluscan species belonging to Bivalvia (Atrina teramachii Habe) and Cephalopoda (Liocranchia reinhardti Steenstrup) were found new to the Korean malacofauna. The author report, consequently, two additional molluscan species new to the fauna with figures and remarks on slight morphological variation comparing to the original and previous descriptions.

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