Waldo paucitentaculatus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Bivalvia |
| Order: | Galeommatida |
| Family: | Galeommatidae |
| Genus: | Waldo |
| Species: | W. paucitentaculatus
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| Waldo paucitentaculatus Zelaya & Ituarte, 2013
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Waldo paucitentaculatus is a species of bivalve.[1] The species was described in 2013. It is known from the southwestern Atlantic in the Argentinean waters. It has been found living on the sea urchin Abatus cavernosus.[2]
A small species of Waldo, it can reach 2.2 mm (0.087 in) in length. The shell is extremely thin and slightly inequivalve.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Waldo paucitentaculatus Zelaya & Ituarte, 2013". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ a b Zelaya, Diego G.; Ituarte, Cristián (2013-10-01). "Two new species of Waldo Nicol, 1966 from sub-Antarctic waters (Bivalvia: Galeommatoidea)". Marine Biology Research. 9 (8): 776–784. Bibcode:2013MBioR...9..776Z. doi:10.1080/17451000.2013.765584.
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