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New Caledonian Veneridae 
Diagnosis: Shell solid, inflated, length to 38 mm; similar to affinis, but smaller and more Ше 
Sculpture of microscopic concentric growth striae. Colour cream-white with faint tan zigzag pa 
near umbones; interior white. 
Material examined: Ride des Loyaute: (Musorstom 6: stn DW432, Іру, 21 m; stn DW437, Irv). 
Remarks: Pitar potteri is another species hitherto known only from north Queensland waters. 
Pitar (Hyphantosoma) intricata (Dautzenberg, 1907) 
(Figure 6g-h) 
Meretrix (Pitar) intricata Dautzenberg, 1907: 333, pl.v, fig.1. 
Diagnosis: Shell solid, inflated, length to 53 mm; similar to spoori, but larger, more inflated d 
Stronger concentric sculpture and less quadrate than that species. Sculpture of dense concentri 
ridges crossed by zigzag grooves, weaker medially. Colour light-brown to white externally, internally 
White. 
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Material examined: Nouvelle-Caledonie: Secteur de Noumea (Lagon: stn 28, Іру, 9 m). 
Remarks: Pitar intricata has hitherto only been recorded from the Celebes and Japan. 
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