Asbjornsenia pygmaea (Lovén, 1846)
Norway to Canarias, Azores to Mediterranean. Deposit feeder in clean sand and shell gravel from the low intertidal to the continental shelf (MBSBI).
Original taxon: Tellina pygmaea. Synonym: striata Friele.
Above and below: subadult specimen from Eastern Attikí, Central Greece. 3,4mm.
Shell subovate, slightly inequivalve, the right valve being more convex than the left one; strongly inequilateral, especially in young specimens; sculpture made up of strong, sharp commarginal folds; 2 cardinal teeth in each valve, one being bifid; presence of lateral teeth, one on each side, strong in right valve, weak in left valve; pallial sinus very deep in adults.
In discarded material from fishing net, Néa Kios, Náfplio area, Argolic Gulf, E. Peloponnese, S. Greece. 7,5mm.
The species is more common in the northern part of its range. Above: specimens dredged at about 30m deep, Portknockie, southern coast of Moray Firth, Scotland. 6,3-8mm.

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