Kellia kussakini Kamenev, 2004

Lisitsyna, Kseniya N. & Kamenev, Gennady M., 2024, New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands (northwestern Pacific Ocean): A study of materials collected over 70 years of expeditions (from 1949 to 2019), Zootaxa 5523 (2), pp. 231-253 : 245

Kellia kussakini Kamenev, 2004

( Fig. 4 E, F )

Kellia kussakini Kamenev, 2004: 67 , figs 40–53.

Material examined: one specimen from the ocean slope of Urup Island (10 m) .

Distribution: Kuril Islands (Urup Island), Commander Islands (5–20 m) ( Kamenev 2004a; Kantor & Sysoev 2005).

Remarks: This is a new record from the region of the Kuril Islands. Previously, it was found only on the Commander Islands ( Kamenev 2004a; Kantor & Sysoev 2005). We assume it to be widespread off the northern Kuril Islands.

Figures

FIGURE 4. New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands. (A, B) Macoma torelli (Kunashir Island, 220 m, shell length 16.0 mm). (C, D) Kellia comandorica (Urup Island, 20 m, shell length 13.2 mm). (E, F) Kellia kussakini (Urup Island, 10 m, shell length 3.8 mm). (G, H) Adontorhina cyclia (Kunashir Island, 200 m, shell length 2.2 mm). (I–L) Adontorhina inflata (Zelyony Island, 1,742 m): I, exterior view of right valve (shell length 1.4 mm); J–L, scanning electron micrographs: (J) right valve (interior view), (K) both valves (dorsal view; RV up), (L) hinge plate of right valve. (M, P) Netastoma japonicum (South Kuril Strait, 25 m, shell length 12.7 mm). Scale bars: J–L=100 μm.