Lyonsiella, G. O. Sars, 1872

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F., 2008, Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 927-952 : 946

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222930701862674

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A2A77F-6B44-FF87-3519-86E5FE218AF6

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Lyonsiella
status

 

Lyonsiella View in CoL cf. parva Okutani, 1962:29 View in CoL (juvenile)

Description

Shell subquadrate, translucent, white. Umbo prosogyrate. Surface finely granulate, with radial lines. Resilium accompanied by a lithodesma. Left valve lacks teeth but right valve with a weak tooth ( Okutani 2000). New record for Hong Kong.

Type locality

Soyo-Maru Station B 2, 26 miles off Miyake Island, Izu Islands, Japan: 34 ° 10.09N., 140 ° 02.39E., 1230–1350 m GoogleMaps .

Distribution

Yellow Sea to Honshu, Japan. 500–1200 m in mud ( Higo et al. 1999). Conic Island Cave, Hong Kong (this study).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Family

Lyonsiellidae

Loc

Lyonsiella

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F. 2008
2008
Loc

Lyonsiella

Okutani T 1962: 29
1962
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