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Flora and Fauna
Discinisca stella
Media
SUMMARY
This small species lives closely attached by a pedicle to the undersides of boulders low on exposed rocky shores. There are two phosphatic shell valves, the larger being the cap-shaped dorsal or brachial valve and the smaller concave pedicle valve. The mantle is fringed with long chitinous setae seen projecting from the shells.