Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791 )

Raines, Bret & Huber, Markus, 2012, 3217, Zootaxa 3217, pp. 1-106 : 36

publication ID

1175­5334

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5250651

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F187DA-6F74-FFAF-A394-88AAFC46FB04

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791 )
status

 

Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL

Figures 16 J–K

Ostrea squamosa Gmelin, 1791: p. 3319 .

Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791) View in CoL — Raines, 2002: p. 33, fig. 38; Raines & Poppe, 2006: p. 208, pls. 151–152; Tröndlé & Boutet, 2009: p. 6; Huber, 2010: p. 208.

Material examined. Several single valves from EI (BK), plus specimens from Australia (BK), Fiji (BK), Marquesas Islands ( MHU), Okinawa (BK) and the Philippines ( MHU).

Diagnosis. Shell small, thin and flattish; RV only slightly convex, with as much as 20 low, narrow ribs and finely scaled; LV flattened with 12–15 low, narrow ribs which are coarsely scaled. Scales are often partly worn away. Auricles unequal. Color extremely variable from brownish black, white, purple, red, orange, yellow with white zigzag pattern or speckles.

Remarks. Since the first report of this species from EI by Raines (2002), only two other valves have been collected. Although adults will typically reach 40–50 mm in height, the largest found at EI has only been 25 mm.

Habitat. Occasionally found at many locations around EI, in sand, from 30–80 m.

Distribution. Laevichlamys squamosa is found throughout the Indo-Pacific region to include eastern Africa, Japan, Philippines, Australia, Marquesas Islands, Society Islands and Easter Island. However, it is not known from the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands— E4.

MHU

Makerere University

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Pectinidae

Genus

Laevichlamys

Loc

Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791 )

Raines, Bret & Huber, Markus 2012
2012
Loc

Laevichlamys squamosa ( Gmelin, 1791 )

Huber, M. 2010: 208
Trondle, J. & Boutet, M. 2009: 6
Raines, B. K. & Poppe, G. T. 2006: 208
Raines, B. K. 2002: 33
2002
Loc

Ostrea squamosa

Gmelin, J. F. 1791: 3319
1791
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