Lasaea sp.

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3251

Lasaea sp.

Habitat. Attached by a byssus among Brachidontes and Parviperna aggregations in the littoral zone but not in the sand filled rafts of Brachidontes on the lower exposed shores.

Distribution. Common wherever the associated species occur.

Remarks. In light of the findings of Ó Foighil and Thiriot-Quiévreux (1999) we refrain from applying a species name to the Rodrigues population of Lasaea . The prodissoconch size of the Rodrigues shells is around 420 M m and therefore not that of L. australis as described by the above authors, but similar to the polyloid population described by them. Without a molecular analysis it is not possible to discern the affinities of the Rodrigues population.

Range. Indo-Pacific [R/M/S].

Figured specimen. 3.1 mm, NMW.Z.1999.073.00026.