Codakia punctata ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5392295 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14936644 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087F4-FFD6-6A3B-11F0-FB3DFE9BD150 |
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Marcus |
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Codakia punctata ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) |
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Codakia punctata ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Figs 14 View FIG A-C; 15B)
Venus punctata Linnaeus, 1758: 688 View in CoL .
Codakia punctata View in CoL – Mörch 1853: 33.
TYPE MATERIAL. — Not located.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Indian Ocean.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Koumac. 4 stn, 0-15 m, 5 v, 6 live.
Touho. 4 stn, 0-2 m, 36 v, 9 live.
Lifou. 15 stn, 0-30 m, 46 v.
Chesterfield Islands. CHALCAL 1, stn DC 17, 19°12’S, 158°56’E, 44 m, 1 v.
CORAIL 2, stn DW 42, 19°22’S, 158°29’E, 45 m, 1 v. — Stn DW 48, 19°18’S, 158°27’E, 44 m, 1 v. — Stn DW 51, 19°19’S, 158°37’E, 69 m, 1 v. — Stn DW 60, 19°15’S, 158°27’E, 45 m, 1 v. — Stn DW 87, 19°06’S, 159°00’E, 31 m, 3 v. — Stn DW 100, 19°06’S, 158°27’E, 40 m, 1 v. — Stn DW 110, 19°09’S, 158°56’E, 40 m, 6 v. — Stn DW 138, 19°34’S, 158°18’E, 31 m, 4 v. — Stn DW 158, 19°46’S, 158°17’E, 28 m, 1 v. — Stn DW 160, 19°46’S, 158°23’E, 35-41 m, 3 v.
Other New Caledonia. LAGON, stn 98, Île Ouen, Baie du Prony, 22°36’S, 166°32’E, 15 m, 1 v. — Stn 478, Lagon Nord, 18°53’S, 163°27’E, 35 m, 2 v. — Stn 479, 18°55’S, 163°28’E, 37 m, 1 sh. — Stn 517, 19°09’S, 163°35’E, 42 m, 1 v. — Stn 544, Grand Récif Sud, 22°51’S, 166°49’E, 25 m, 1 v. — Stn 554, 22°50’S, 166°54’E, 27 m, 1 sh. — Stn 589, Île des Pins, 22°32’S, 167°23’E, 31 m, 1 v. — Stn 1063, secteur de Belep, 20°03’S, 163°47’E, 31 m, 1 v. — Stn 1087, 19°48’S, 163°60’E, 24 m, 1 v. — Stn 1104, 19°42’S, 163°59’E, 22 m, 2 v. — Stn 1105, 19°40’S, 163°57’E, 25 m, 3 v. — Stn 1118, 19°35’S, 163°52’E, 30 m, 3 v. — Stn 1145, 19°21’S, 163°45’E, 38 m, 1 v. — Stn 1158, 19°10’S, 163°07’E, 48 m, 1 v. — Stn 1196, 19°33’S, 163°21’E, 30 m, 1 v.
Loyalty Islands. MUSORSTOM 6, stn DW 430, 20°21’S, 166°07’E, 30 m 1 v. — Stn DW 435, 20°21’S, 166°08’E, 32 m, 1 v.
DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed across the IWP from the Red Sea and East Africa to Rapa, SW Pacific.
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Shell medium to large (H to 51 mm, L to 53 mm). Sculpture of around 30-40 broad, low radial ribs, variable in width, crossed by very fine, closely-spaced, commarginal lamellae. Lunule small, narrowly triangular, slightly impressed, right valve protrudes into left. Externally, dorsal areas sometimes dark pink. Interior shell margin deep rose-pink, yellow within pallial line.
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