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<p>The occurrence of the flexed verticord, <italic>Halicardia flexuosa</italic> (<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="j_ohs-2019-0037_ref_016">Verrill &amp; S. Smith [in Verrill], 1881</xref>), is reported for the first time from the Bay of Biscay (North Iberian Peninsula). This rare bivalve was collected from deep waters (1200 m depth) of the Avilés Canyon Systems (Central Cantabrian Sea). We provide a detailed description and illustration of the species, as well as brief notes on its ecology at the new locality and its global biogeography.</p></abstract>

The occurrence of the flexed verticord, Halicardia flexuosa (Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1881), is reported for the first time from the Bay of Biscay (North Iberian Peninsula). This rare bivalve was collected from deep waters (1200 m depth) of the Avilés Canyon Systems (Central Cantabrian Sea). We provide a detailed description and illustration of the species, as well as brief notes on its ecology at the new locality and its global biogeography.

First record of the abyssal bivalve <italic>Halicardia flexuosa</italic> (Bivalvia: Verticordiidae) in the Bay of Biscay

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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First record of the abyssal bivalve  (Bivalvia: Verticordiidae) in the Bay of Biscay

The occurrence of the flexed verticord, Halicardia flexuosa (Verrill & S. Smith [in Verrill], 1881), is reported for the first time from the Bay of Biscay...

First record of the abyssal bivalve Halicardia flexuosa (Bivalvia: Verticordiidae) in the Bay of Biscay

Article Category: Short communication

Published Online: Dec 10, 2019

Page range: 430 - 435

Received: Apr 08, 2019

Accepted: May 20, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ohs-2019-0037

© 2019 Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Poland

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