Gonimyrtea fidelis, Glover & Taylor, 2007

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 : 130

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392295
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468552
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087F4-FFD4-6A37-13E5-FA9EFBD1D48A
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Gonimyrtea fidelis
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Gonimyrtea fidelis View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs 12 View FIG C-F; 13B)

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: 1 LV, L 10.1 mm, H 10.4 mm, T 3.7 mm, ( MNHN).

Paratype: from type locality, 1 RV, L 8.3 mm, H 8.2 mm, T 2.5 mm ( MNHN).

TYPE LOCALITY. — Loyalty Islands, MUSORSTOM 60, stn DW 441, 20°54’S, 167°17’E, 80 m.

ETYMOLOGY. — Latin fidelis , “to have faith in”, a reference to the type locality of Loyalty Ridge.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Koumac. 2 stn, 10-60 m, 5 v.

Lifou. 4 stn, 10-120 m, 5 v.

DESCRIPTION

Shells small,H to 10.4mm,L to 10.1 mm, subcircular, inflated (T/L 0.37), umbones prominent, central. Sculpture of closely spaced,low, regular,commarginal lamellae.Lunule lanceolate, slightly impressed. Ligament short, shallowly inset. Hinge: RV with two cardinal teeth, the posterior large and triangular, the anterior a small narrow ridge; anterior lateral tooth present but indistinct. LV with two cardinal teeth, the anterior larger, posterior a narrow ridge; small anterior lateral socket. Anterior adductor scar short, detached from pallial line for 1/4 of length. Traces of adductor scars marked by radial ridges on interior of shell. Posterior scar ovate. Pallial line faint, entire. Shell edge smooth but with marginal groove.