Ephippodonta, TATE, 1889

Lützen, Jørgen & Nielsen, Claus, 2005, Galeommatid bivalves from Phuket, Thailand, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144 (3), pp. 261-308 : 302

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00168.x
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5490190
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scientific name	Ephippodonta
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Treatment

GENUS EPHIPPODONTA TATE, 1889 View in CoL

Shell semielleptical, laterally angular, most extended not far from straight hinge margin, ventrally rounded. Externally smooth, striated, papillose or reticulated. Internal ligament bounded on each side by obtuse tooth with bifid crown. Shell more or less internalized by overgrowth of the papillose mantle.

Type species: Scintilla lunata Tate, 1886 .

Remarks

The genus is divided into three sub-genera ( Ephippodonta , Ephippodontoana and Ephippodontina ).