Anodontia (Cryptophysema), Taylor & Glover, 2005

Glover, Emily A. & Taylor, John D., 2007, Diversity of chemosymbiotic bivalves on coral reefs: Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) of New Caledonia and Lifou, Zoosystema 29 (1), pp. 109-181 : 116

Subgenus Cryptophysema Taylor & Glover, 2005

TYPE SPECIES. — Lucina vesicula Gould, 1850 (original designation).

DIAGNOSIS. — As Anodontia , sub-circular, smooth. Lunule prominent, slightly to deeply impressed. Ligament internal, laterally inset. Pallial line divided into discrete muscle attachment scars ( Fig. 2F ).

Anodontia (Cryptophysema) vesicula

Figures

FIG. 2. — A, B, Anodontia (Pegophysema) philippiana (Reeve, 1850), New Caledonia (BMNH 1963143/2), exterior and interior of right valve; C, D, A. (Euanodontia) ovum (Reeve, 1850), stn 1406, Lifou, Loyalty Islands, interior and exterior of left valve (MNHN); E, F, A. (Cryptophysema) vesicula (Gould,1850),Ouvéa,Loyalty Islands,exterior and interior of right valve (MNHN);G, H, A.(Euanodontia) hawaiensis (Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938), stn 1418, Lifou, Loyalty Islands (MNHN), exterior and interior of right valve. Abbreviation: dpl, divided pallial line. Scale bars: 10 mm.