Placiphorella atlantica (Verrill & Smith, 1882)
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Family:  Mopaliidae ()
Max. size:  3.81 cm TL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  benthic; marine
Distribution:  Indo-Pacific and North Atlantic Ocean.
Diagnosis:  Broadly ovate. Valve Color: white, light straw-yellow or pale brown. Girdle: Broadly expanded at anterior end and pale yellowish in color; densely covered with small, elongate, spicules and sparsely scattered large bristles covered with slender, smooth, sharp spicules (Ref. 283).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
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