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A very nice sample for white bivalves with periostracum are in the Family
Solecurtidae
Solecurtus scopula
Azorinus chamasolen.
with best shelling greetings
When I go out in winter I'll take my artificial periostracum. It's nearly
black
Helmut, in a cold Innsbruck
Helmut "Helix" Nisters
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Franz-Fischer-Str. 46
A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
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Natural History Department of the
Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck
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A-6020 Innsbruck / Austria / Europe
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> I can't think of many marine bivalves which have much in the way
of
> pattern in the periostracum, but there are certainly plenty of marine
> bivalves which have a stark white shell under a dark periostracum. A few
> that come to mind are Nuculidae, Nuculanidae, Arcticidae, Astartidae,
> Mactridae, and Mytilidae. In the last-named family, some species have a
> dark colored shell under a dark periostracum, while others have a white
> shell.
>
> Paul M.
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