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Vepricardium multispinosum (G.B. Sowerby II, 1839) Description: Shape inflated, nearly circular with projecting umbonal region. Umbo on midline; lunule and escutcheon wide, bisected by thickened marginal ridge. Exterior with 30-40 rounded, scaled ribs separated by narrower, smooth interspaces. Interior with external sculpture showing through; anterior and posterior muscle scars present, pallial line continuous but obscured by sculpture. Margin strongly crenulate, usually purple-brown. Hinge as for family. Ligament external, short. Shell fawn, sometimes with a purple-brown commarginal band ventrally. Size: Up to 75 mm in length, 76 mm in height. Distribution: Tropical Indo-West Pacific, including northern Australia. In eastern Australia, occurs in north-eastern NSW, and rarely as far south as Broken Bay. Also known as fossil shells from Sydney Harbour. Habitat: Beach washup and down to 145 m. Common. Synonymy: Vepricardium pulchricostatum Iredale, 1929 was applied to fossil specimens dredged from Sydney Harbour. Fig. 1: Tweed Heads, NSW. Trawled in 55 m (C.93878) |
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