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Taxonomy
Lucina philippiana was named by Reeve (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Anodontia philippiana by Chavan (1938); it was recombined as Anodontia (Pegophysema) philippiana by Glover and Taylor (2007).
It was recombined as Anodontia philippiana by Chavan (1938); it was recombined as Anodontia (Pegophysema) philippiana by Glover and Taylor (2007).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1850 | Lucina philippiana Reeve figs. pl. 5, fig. 23a, b |
| 1938 | Anodontia philippiana Chavan p. 124 |
| 2007 | Anodontia (Pegophysema) philippiana Glover and Taylor p. 112 |
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Anodontia (Pegophysema) philippiana Reeve 1850
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. A. Glover and J. D. Taylor 2007 | Shell large but thin and light-weight, H to 60.0 mm, L to 71.0 mm, inflated (T/L 0.30). Outline subcircular, shell longer than high (H/L 0.89). Periostracum thick, dull brown, fi brous. Shell colour creamy or greyish white. Sculpture of many irregular, rounded, commarginal lamellae or ridges. Lunule short, heart-shaped, symmetrical. Hinge plate thin, edentulous and smooth. Ligament largely internal; inner fibrous layer of ligament extends laterally and posteriorly into the valve forming a thick, triangular
pad within narrow ligamental nymph. Anterior adductor muscle scar relatively broad and short, blunt ended; diverges from pallial line at an angle of 30-34°. Pallial line entire, narrow. Secondary pallial muscle scars extend from the junction of the pallial line and anterior adductor scar to just ventral of the posterior adductor scar (Fig. 3A). |
Measurements
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| References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available