Codakia tigerina ( Linnaeus, 1758 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5392295 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14936650 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039087F4-FFD8-6A3B-13DD-FEB6FE18D4AB |
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Marcus |
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Codakia tigerina ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) |
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Codakia tigerina ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Figs 14 View FIG D-F; 15C)
Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758: 688 .
Codakia tigerina View in CoL – Mörch 1853: 33.
TYPE MATERIAL. — Syntypes ( LSL) .
TYPE LOCALITY. — Indian Ocean .
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Koumac. 5 stn, 0-2 m, 7 v, 3 live.
Touho. 5 stn, 0-10 m, 10 v, 19 live.
Lifou. 7 stn, 0-10 m, 15 v, 9 live.
Other New Caledonia. Île Nou, 2 sh. — Île des Pins, 3 v. — Îlot Maitre, 2 v. — Nouméa, Ouen Toro, 9 sh.
DISTRIBUTION. — Widely distributed across the IWP from the Red Sea and East Africa to Tuamotus.
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Shell medium to large (H to 66 mm, L to 60 mm), subcircular, low umbones.Sculpture finely nodulose, with thin radial ribs crossed by sometimes anastomosing commarginal lamellae, forming rows of nodules at intersections. Lunule short, heart-shaped, deeply impressed into notch. Anterior lateral teeth of both valves lie extremely close to cardinal teeth. Interior shell colour dark rose-pink around shell margins, pale yellow within pallial line.
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