Codakia tigerina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Figs 14 D-F; 15C)

Venus tigerina Linnaeus, 1758: 688 .

Codakia tigerina – 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.