Anodontia Link 1807

Main Authors: Glover, Emily A., Taylor, John D.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2007
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5468528
Daftar Isi:
  • Genus Anodontia Link, 1807 Anodontia Link, 1807: 156. TYPE SPECIES. — A. alba Link, 1807 (monotypy). DIAGNOSIS. — Shells small to large, relatively thin-shelled, usually white, globose, subcircular, exterior smooth with irregular commarginal growth increments. Hinge teeth absent. Ligament internal either in a groove or laterally inset. Anterior adductor muscle scar generally long and in most species detached from pallial line for at least half of length. Pallial line entire or divided. REMARKS Full synonymies, descriptions and distribution maps for species and genera in the Anodontia group are given in Taylor & Glover (2005). Twenty-five species are recognised worldwide.
  • 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 112, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5392295