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Cardiomya sp. 2 A. Adams 1864

  • 1. Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Laboratório de Malacologia. C. E. P.

Description

Cardiomya sp. 2

Fig. 6 C–D

Material examined

BRAZIL – Amapá state • [1v]; off Salinópolis; 00°29′00″ S, 47°24′00″ W; 22 m depth; 15 Jun. 1971; GEOMAR III, stn 2533; CMPHRM 3668.

Description

Shell small (length 5.8 mm; height 4.1 mm). Shell flank triangular, umbones blunt. Anterodorsal margin descending, anterior margin extended, ventral margin rounded, crenulated. Rostrum very short, posteroventral sinuation unobtrusive, posterodorsal margin slightly curved upwards, not extending much above the umbones. External sculpture of 17 radial ribs, many incomplete on the middle of the shell flank, followed by three strongest and most widely spaced complete radial ribs; rostrum with commarginal growth lines only.

Geographic distribution

Brazil, Amapá state, off Salinópolis, 22 m.

Notes

Published as part of Lima, Tarcilla Carvalho De, Oliveira, Cléo Dilnei de Castro & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2020, Small, rare and little known: new records and species of Cardiomya (Bivalvia: Cuspidariidae) from Brazil, pp. 1-20 in European Journal of Taxonomy 619 on pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.619, http://zenodo.org/record/3777241

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
CMPHRM
Event date
1971-06-15
Family
Cuspidariidae
Genus
Cardiomya
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
CMPHRM 3668
Order
Anomalodesmata
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
A. Adams
Species
sp. 2
Taxon rank
species
Verbatim event date
1971-06-15
Taxonomic concept label
Cardiomya sp. 2 Adams, 1864 sec. Lima, Oliveira & Absalão, 2020