Description

Remarks. This species (and several junior synonyms) was placed in synonymy with N. lineata by Sirenko (1992). Further examination of the morphology, and particularly the arrangement of the aesthetes, recently led Sigwart (2009 b) to resurrect N. andamanica. This species (N. andamanica) lacks large raised pustules in the proteinaceous surface layer of the valve tegmentum (which are arranged in zigzag lines diagnostic of N. lineata), and the aesthetes are arranged in discrete, widely-separated clusters (in N. lineata, the megalaesthetes are irregularly arranged and micraesthetes cover the whole valve surface).

Common Names

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Polyplacophora

Order: Lepidopleurida

Family: Nierstraszellidae

Genus: Nierstraszella

Species: Nierstraszella andamanica (E.A.Smith, 1906)