Samacar kurilensis Kamenev, 2007

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 : 238-239

Samacar kurilensis Kamenev, 2007

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Samacar kurilensis Kamenev, 2007: 308–315 , figs. 5–9.

Material examined: 67 specimens from the ocean and sea slopes of the Kuril Islands ( Iturup , Urup , Chyornye Bratya , Rasshua , Simushir , Matua , and Shiashkotan Islands) and the Vries Strait (30–500 m) .

Distribution: Kuril Islands (30–500 m) ( Kamenev 2007).

Remarks: Previously, this species was found only in the waters off the middle Kuril Islands (Urup, Skaly Lovushki, and Broutona Islands) at depths within 170–368 m ( Kamenev 2007).

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FIGURE 2. New and rare bivalve species for the fauna of the Kuril Islands. (A, B) Acila divaricata (Kunashir Strait, 200 m, shell length 29.7 mm). (C, D) Acila insignis (Yuri Island, 1000 m, shell length 11.0 mm). (E, F) Nuculana ensiformis (Shikotan Island, 200 m, shell length 22.5 mm). (G, H) Poroleda ushakovi (Shumshu Island, 820 m, shell length 17.1 mm). (I, J) Robaia robai (Kunashir Strait, 300 m, shell length 16.3 mm). (K, L) Yoldia hyperborea (Paramushir Island, 215 m, shell length 19.0 mm). (M, N) Scanning electron micrographs of Huxleyia pentadonta (Paramushir Island, 214 m, shell length 2.3 mm). (O, P) Samacar kurilensis (Iturup Island, 265–270 m, shell length 16.5 mm). (Q, R) Tetrarca boucardi (Shpanberg Strait, 55 m, shell length 20.0 mm). (S, T) Limopsis oliveri (Urup Island, 50 m, shell length 9.0 mm). (U, V) Limopsis vaginata (Iturup Island, 600 m, shell length 26.3 mm).