Cardiomya A. Adams, 1864

Lima, Tarcilla Carvalho De, Oliveira, Cléo Dilnei de Castro & Absalão, Ricardo Silva, 2020, Small, rare and little known: new records and species of Cardiomya (Bivalvia: Cuspidariidae) from Brazil, European Journal of Taxonomy 619, pp. 1-20 : 3

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scientific name	Cardiomya A. Adams, 1864
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Genus Cardiomya A. Adams, 1864 View in CoL

Type-species (by monotypy)

Neaera gouldiana Hinds, 1843: 77 View in CoL .

Description

Inequivalve, left valve slightly overlapping right valve along ventral margin, right valve overlapping left valve on dorsal margin of rostrum. External sculpture of radial ribs and commarginal growth lines. Hinge: left valve edentulous, right valve with a strong posterior lateral tooth. Ligament internal ( Allen & Morgan 1981; Poutiers & Bernard 1995; Barroso et al. 2016; Machado et al. 2016; Oliveira et al. 2017).

References

Allen J. A. & Morgan R. E. 1981. The functional morphology of Atlantic deep water species of the families Cuspidariidae and Poromyidae (Bivalvia): an analysis of the evolution of the septibranch condition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B 294: 413 - 546. https: // doi. org / 10.1098 / rstb. 1981.0117

Barroso C. X., Salani S., Rabay S. G. & Matthews-Cascon H. 2016. Septibranchia (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the North and Northeast coasts of Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records 9 (1): 1 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.1186 / s 41200 - 016 - 0004 - y

Hinds R. B. 1843. Descriptions of new species of Neaera, from the collection of Edward Belcher, C. B., made during a voyage round the world, and from that of Hugh Cuming, Esq., obtained during his visit to the Philippines; with notices of the synonymy. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 75 - 79.

Machado F. M., Morton B. & Passos F. D. 2016. Functional morphology of Cardiomya cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1842) (Bivalvia: Anomalodesmata: Cuspidariidae) from Brazilian waters: new insights into the lifestyle of carnivorous bivalves. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 97 (2): 447 - 462. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 0025315416000564

Oliveira C. D. C., Sartori A. F. & Absalao R. S. 2017. Error cascade in taxonomy: the case of Cardiomya perrostrata (Mollusca: Bivalvia: Cuspidariidae) in Brazilian waters. Zootaxa 4247 (3): 281 - 300. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4247.3.3

Poutiers J. M. & Bernard F. R. 1995. Carnivorous bivalve molluscs (Anomalodesmata) from the tropical western Pacific Ocean, with a proposed classification and a catalogue of recent species. In: Bouchet P. (ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 14. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 167: 107 - 187.