Lucinoma dulcinea Cosel and Bouchet, 2008

Kiel, Steffen, Aguilar, Yolanda M. & Kase, Tomoki, 2020, Mollusks from Pliocene and Pleistocene seep deposits in Leyte, Philippines, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 65 (3), pp. 589-627 : 601

Lucinoma dulcinea Cosel and Bouchet, 2008

Fig. 12 .

2008 Lucinoma dulcinea sp. nov.; Cosel and Bouchet 2008: 165, figs. 37A, B, 41A, 44.

2016 Lucinoma dulcinea Cosel and Bouchet, 2008 ; Glover and Taylor 2016: 133, figs. 31A–N; 32A.

Material.— 32 specimens from the Pleistocene of Antipolo Point ( Meganodontia bed) : NMNS PM 28180 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28181 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28182 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28183 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28458 (four articulated specimens) , NMNS PM 28459 (four articulated specimens) , NMNS PM 28460 (ten articulated specimens) , NMNS PM 28461 (three isolated specimens) , NMNS PM 28462 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28463 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28464 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28465 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28466 (one articulated specimen) , NMNS PM 28467 (one articulated and one isolated specimens) . Two worn specimens from the Pleistocene of Cambantug Point : NMNS PM 28160 (two specimens) .

Dimensions (in mm).— NMNS PM 28180, L = 46.1, H = 41.2; NMNS PM 28181, L = 62.0, H = 58.7; NMNS PM 28183, L = 50.0, H = 47.5.

Remarks.—Extant Lucinoma dulcinea occurs in the central Philippines (around Leyte and Panglao islands) at depths of 291–786 m ( Cosel and Bouchet 2008; Glover and Taylor 2016).

Stratigraphic and geographic range.—Early Pleistocene to Recent: central Philippines.

Figures

Fig. 12. The lucinid bivalve Lucinoma dulcinea Cosel and Bouchet, 2008 from the Pleistocene Antipolo Point seep deposit in Leyte, Philippines. A. NMNS PM 28180, left valve, inner shell surface showing the very long anterior adductor muscle scar (A1), outer shell surface (A2). B. NMNS PM 28183, articulated specimen, outer shell surface of right valve (B1), dorsal view (B2). C. NMNS PM 28182, articulated specimen, outer shell surface of left valve (C1), dorsal view (C2).