• Title/Summary/Keyword: Limnoperna coreana

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Limnoperna coreana n. sp.(Bivalvia: Mytiloidea: Mytilidae) from Baengnyong Cave, Gangweon-do, Korea

  • Park, Gab-Man;Choi, Yong-Gun
    • The Korean Journal of Malacology
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    • v.24 no.2
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    • pp.89-92
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    • 2008

  • 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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