Thank you for this help.

I had already wondered if it was Panomya arctica (as described in Tebble.
N: British bivalve seashells and Oskarsson, I: Skeldyrafana Islands) but
the hinge line doesn't seem to match the decription exactly. I can't find
a description of P. trapezoides, but in the abstract of "AN OVERVIEW OF
THE LATE CENOZOIC BIVALVE PANOMYA IN JAPAN" by REI NAKASHIMA (Journal of
Paleontology: Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 509–519.) both species are stated to
have extended their ranges into the North Atlantic at various times, so I
suppose either could be possible. I have no way of finding out and don't
immediately have access to the full article to see if there is further
information there, but at least it seems that I guessed right on the genus.

Many thanks once again.

Regards

Sarah Longrigg

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 14:14:46 +0200, mienis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>It seems to me a species very close to Panomya trapezoides Strauch, 1972.
>Best regards,
>
>Henk K. Mienis

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