An Unusual Molluscan Assemblage Containing Perotrochus africanus teramachii on the Insular Shelf of Palau Islands

Takashi OKUTANI; Yoji KURATA

doi:10.18941/venusjjm.57.1_11

Venus (Japanese Journal of Malacology)

Online ISSN : 2432-9967
Print ISSN : 0042-3580
ISSN-L : 0042-3580

An Unusual Molluscan Assemblage Containing Perotrochus africanus teramachii on the Insular Shelf of Palau Islands

Takashi OKUTANI, Yoji KURATA

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Keywords: Perotrochus, insular shelf, Palau Islands, molluscan assemblage

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1998 Volume 57 Issue 1 Pages 11-16

DOI https://doi.org/10.18941/venusjjm.57.1_11

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Abstract

Two specimens of Perotrochus africanus teramachii were collected from insular shelf of Palau Islands. The molluscan assemblage from there includes Calliostoma belauensis n. sp., Bursa awatii, Collariophila erosa, Fusinus pilsburyi, and Conus profundorum.

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