Gonimyrtea avia, 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 : 128-130

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5392295
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14936945
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087F4-FFD2-6A37-102E-FA9EFE1FD56A
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Gonimyrtea avia
status	sp. nov.

Treatment

Gonimyrtea avia View in CoL n. sp.

( Figs 12 View FIG G-L; 13C)

TYPE MATERIAL. — Holotype: 1 sh, L 11.1 mm, H 9.9 mm, T 2.7 mm ( MNHN). GoogleMaps

Paratype: Loyalty Ridge , stn 442 , 20°54’S, 167°17’E, 200 m, 1 LV, L 8.7 mm, H 8.3 mm, T 2.5 mm ( MNHN) GoogleMaps .

TYPE LOCALITY. — Coral Sea, Lansdowne-Fairway Banks GoogleMaps , CORAIL 2 GoogleMaps , stn DW 18 GoogleMaps , 20°44’S, 161°00’E, 69 m.

ETYMOLOGY. — Latin avius, remote.

DESCRIPTION Shells small, H to 10 mm, L to 11 mm, subcircular, anteriorly extended, moderately inflated (T/L 0.24), umbones lie posterior of mid-line. Sculpture of closely spaced, low, regular, commarginal lamellae. Lunule lanceolate, slightly impressed. Ligament shallowly inset. Hinge plate narrow, RV with one cardinal tooth, a small anterior lateral tooth, posterior lateral absent. LV with two cardinal teeth, the anterior larger, posterior a narrow ridge, lateral teeth absent. 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 entire. Inner shell margin smooth.

REMARKS

Gonimyrtea avia n. sp. is similar to G. fidelis n. sp. in external sculpture but the shell is much less inflated and longer anteriorly.