Lovenia subcarinata Gray 1851

FIGURE 22A–C

This specimen was found at muddy bottom at 20m from southern Hong Kong waters. Among three species recorded in Liao & Clark (1995), the test of Lovenia elongata is funnel like in shape whereas Lovenia triforis is heart-like shape. The shape of Lovenia subcarinata is more oval in outline than that of Lovenia elongata . This species had been noted as being very common in the Gulf of Tonkin. It occurs on muddier bottoms than the other Loveni a spp. (Schultz 2017).

Occurrence/Distribution

Hong Kong, 15.0 m.

Outside Hong Kong, East Africa to the Gulf of Siam, the Java Sea, Bay of Bengal, Southern China, Philippines and East Indies. 10–49m.