De Ovale otterschelp Lutraria lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) een nieuwe soort voor de Belgische fauna

Until recently, the only otter-shell Lutraria known from the Belgian coast was Lutraria angustior (Philippi, 1844). The species is known to occur on offshore sandbanks such as the Flemish Banks. Because this species lives somewhat further offshore and rather deep in the sediment, findings on the beach were rather scarce and mainly on the Belgian 'west coast' i.e. the beach between Nieuwpoort and De Panne. Recently a second species, L. lutraria (Linnaeus, 1758) was discovered. The first documented, but initially not recognised, record dates from 17 December 2000. During the last months of 2001,... Mehr ...