PLICATULOSTREA, A NEW GENUS OF PLICATULIDAE (BIVALVIA: PECTINOIDEA) FROM THAILAND

Autor(es)

Simone, Luiz Ricardo L. ; do Amaral, Vanessa Simao

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY; v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2008-08-15.

Resumo

Plicatulostrea onca, a new genus and species of Plicatulidae, is described based on shell and anatomy. The samples were collected under intertidal rocks at Kungkrabaen Bay, Thailand. Plicatulostrea differs from other plicatulids mainly in lacking undulations or shell sculpture, by long projections of the hinge teeth of the right valve and extreme body compression. Plicatulostrea onca has a radially arranged spots at the shell surface and typical plicatulid anatomy, differing mainly by the richness of papillae on the mantle edge and by invasion of the gonad along the mantle lobes. Some comments on the anatomy of the family are also provided. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 04/02333-8 - Morfologia comparativa e taxonomia de bivalves da Flórida, USA e do Brasil, incluindo um esboço sobre a filogenia da classe Bivalvia (Mollusca)
• Beneficiário: Luiz Ricardo Lopes de Simone
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Regular