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Anodontia (Cryptophysema) Taylor & Glover 2005

  • 1. Department of Zoology, The Natural History Museum, London SW 7 5 BD (United Kingdom) emily. glover @ dial. pipex. com j. taylor @ nhm. ac. uk

Description

Subgenus Cryptophysema Taylor & Glover, 2005

TYPE SPECIES. — Lucina vesicula Gould, 1850 (original designation).

DIAGNOSIS. — As Anodontia, sub-circular, smooth. Lunule prominent, slightly to deeply impressed. Ligament internal, laterally inset. Pallial line divided into discrete muscle attachment scars (Fig. 2F).

Notes

Published as part of Glover, Emily A. & Taylor, John D., 2007, Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou, pp. 109-181 in Zoosystema 29 (1) on page 116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5392295

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Taylor & Glover
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Lucinida
Family
Lucinidae
Genus
Anodontia
Taxon rank
subGenus
Taxonomic concept label
Anodontia (Cryptophysema) Taylor, 2005 sec. Glover & Taylor, 2007

References

  • TAYLOR J. D. & GLOVER E. A. 2005. - Cryptic diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves: a systematic revision of worldwide Anodontia (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Lucinidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 3: 281 - 338.
  • GOULD A. 1850. - Shells collected by the United States Exploring Expedition under the command of Charles Wilkes. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 3: 252 - 256.