Ptilomyax, Oliver, 2012

Oliver, P. Graham, 2012, Taxonomy of some Galeommatoidea (Mollusca, Bivalvia) associated with deep-sea echinoids: A reassessment of the bivalve genera Axinodon Verrill & Bush, 1898 and Kelliola Dall, 1899 with descriptions of new genera Syssitomya gen. nov. and Ptilomyax gen. nov., European Journal of Taxonomy 12, pp. 1-24 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2012.12
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:098E15C8-27DB-46C7-8A15-6394EE854B64
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3858686
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/32E2C43C-ED08-45C6-9620-52123FB63C91
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:32E2C43C-ED08-45C6-9620-52123FB63C91
treatment provided by	Carolina
scientific name	Ptilomyax
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Ptilomyax View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species

Ptilomyax hadalis View in CoL sp. nov. (here designated).

Diagnosis

Very small, juvenile shell equivalve, subovate, slightly expanded anteriorly. Adult shell inequivalve dorsal margin of left valve elevated and rolled over, lateral dorsal margins extended, alate. Ligament small, posterior, deeply sunken; dorsal margin with thickened periostracal “ligament”. Hinge plate not examined. Sculpture almost smooth with faint commarginal lines. Ctenidium of single reflected demibranchs; byssus of multiple strands; pedal aperture large, exhalant aperture small.

Etymology

Ptilomyax , from the Greek, ptilo — winged and myax — a small clam (gender masculine).