Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897), 2018

Scissileda tropica (Melvill, 1897) View in CoL

( Fig. 1C View Figure 1 )

Material examined: 1 specimen, length= 18mm, ( MSC:502 ).

Shell description

Beaks slightly forward of the midline. Subelliptical; dorsal edges are long and very softly sloping; the anterior is rounded; the posterior dorsal junction is subacute, and the posterior margin is short, nearly straight, and inwardly sloping. Shiny, opaque surface sculpture with weak oblique lines terminating along the posterior slope. With a narrow yellowish periostracum and a white coloration.

Habitat: S. tropica found offshore in the mud.

Distribution: NWG, GO ( Fig. 2 View Figure 2 ), recorded from Kuwait by Glayzer et al., 1984 as Yoldia nicobarica, Al-Yamani et al., 2012 ; Al-Kandari et al., 2020