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Tugonia (Distugonia) decurtata A. Adams 1851

Description

Tugonia (Distugonia) decurtata (A. Adams, 1851)

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Sphenia decurtata A. Adams, 1851: 88 –89.

Cryptomy decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) — A. Adams, 1868: 366; Beets, 1949: 273, 277; Beets, 1950: 17.

Mya decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) — Sowerby, 1875: sp. 11, pl. III, fig. 11.

Distugonia decurvata (A. Adams, 1851) — Habe, 1951: 75, pl. 12, figs. 15 & 16; Habe, 1961: 140, pl. 63, fig. 11; Habe, 1968: 205, pl. 63, fig. 11; Habe, 1977: 279, pl. 58, figs. 7 & 8; Wu, 1980: 189; Xu, 1997: 230; Xu, 2008: 590; Okutani, 2000: 1021, pl. 508, fig. 4 [spelling error].

Distugonia decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) — Bernard et al. 1993: 107.

Tugonella decurtata (A. Adams, 1851) — Huber, 2010: 461 (text-fig.).

Distribution and habitat. Miocene to Recent. Taiwan, China; Japan; Philippines. Intertidal mud bottom to 50 m.

Type locality. Catanuan, Province of Tayabas, Island of Luzon, in sand at low water depths.

Diagnosis. Length to 30 mm; shell slightly inflated, elongate-oval; umbo prominent, situated subcentral; posterior area demarcated by ridge; chondrophore projecting in the left valve, right valve resilifer compressed; pallial sinus shallow, not reaching further anterior than posterior adductor scar; pallial line thin.

Remarks. This species had been incorrectly spelled as decurvata by some Japanese and Chinese authors.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Jun-Long, Xu, Feng-Shan & Liu, Rui-Yu, 2012, The Myidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) from Chinese waters with description of a new species, pp. 39-60 in Zootaxa 3383 on page 53, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281734

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Myidae
Genus
Tugonia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Myoida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
A. Adams
Species
decurtata
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Tugonia (Distugonia) decurtata Adams, 1851 sec. Zhang, Xu & Liu, 2012

References

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  • Beets, C. (1949) On probably young-Miocene fossils from the Coal Concession Batoe Panggal, near Tenggarong (Samarinda), Eastern Borneo. Leidse Geologische Mededelingen, 15, 265 - 281.
  • Beets, C. (1950) Precis des especes fossiles du genre Cryptomya Conrad. Basteria, 14 (1 - 2), 16 - 20.
  • Sowerby, G. B. II. (1875) Monograph of the genus Mya. In Reeve, L. A. and G. B. Sowerby, II (eds.), 1843 - 1878, Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, L. Reeve and Co., London, vols. 20.
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