Note "Description: "Large, robust. Elongate, sub-rectangular to sub-ovate. Anterior broadly rounded, asymmetrically so in LV extremity below mid-height. Posterior caudate, more so in RV. Both margins denticulate. Dorsal margin straight to gently convex. Reticulum well-developed. Muri somewhat irregularly distributed over valve surface; bold, sharp and of high relief with the exception of the posterior fifth where they "becomes low and subdued. Ventro-Iateral and dorsal ridge prominent, non-spinose. Bridge modified; muri raised and thickened, forming a prominent, circular mural structure enclosing the frontal muscle scar area. A weak and irregular median ridge extends posteriorly from this structure, disrupting the median loop and causing the adductor muscle scars to be enclosed within a similar, but larger, circular mural framework. Foveolate. Normal pore canals and inner lamella details as for genus; radial pore canals tending to be grouped in pairs. Hinge holamphidont, posterior terminal tooth of RV sl" for taxon Bradleya caudata Whatley, Downing, Kesler & Harlow, 1984 has been added by Heitor Almeida Batista de Sá via the webinterface on 2024-08-14T04:35:34+00:00
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