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Cardiolucina Sacco 1901

  • 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

Genus Cardiolucina Sacco, 1901

Cardiolucina Sacco, 1901 (June): 89.

Bellucina Dall, 1901 (August): 806.

TYPE SPECIES. — Cardium agassizi Michelotti, 1839 (original designation).

DIAGNOSIS. — Shells small (H to 14 mm), subcircular, moderately inflated to subspheroidal. Sculpture of radial ribs crossed by commarginal lamellae, that are often fluted. Lunule heart-shaped, often deeply impressed. Hinge plate thick, 2 cardinal teeth and single anterior and posterior lateral teeth in each valve. Ligament external, short. Anterior adductor scar short, slightly detached from pallial line. Ventral margin crenulate.

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 156, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5392295

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lucinidae
Genus
Cardiolucina
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lucinida
Phylum
Mollusca
Scientific name authorship
Sacco
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Cardiolucina Sacco, 1901 sec. Glover & Taylor, 2007

References

  • SACCO F. 1901. - I molluschi dei terreni terziarii del Piemonte e della Liguria. Parte 29. Clausen, Torino, 216 p.
  • DALL W. H. 1901. - Synopsis of the Lucinacea and of the American species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 23: 779 - 833.