Anomia chinensis Philippi, 1849:130

Lam, Katherine, Morton, Brian & Leung, K. F., 2008, Shell-bearing Mollusca (Bivalvia and Gastropoda) from submarine caves in Hong Kong, Journal of Natural History 42 (9 - 12), pp. 927-952 : 935-936

Anomia chinensis Philippi, 1849:130

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Description

Shell white, thin and transclucent, length, 20 mm. Attached to the substratum by a calcified byssal plug passing through the large foramen on the flat right valve. Left valve convex with three muscle attachment scars in the central area.

Type locality

‘‘China’’.

Distribution

South and East China Seas, Hainan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Fujian, Zhenjiang, Yellow Sea, Shandong to Hokkaido, Japan. ( Bernard et al. 1993; Xu 1997; Coan et al. 2000). Intertidal zone to 20 m. Attached to hard substrata.

Figures

Figure 2. A, Acar plicata, height×length57.2×12.9 mm; B, Arca avellana, heigh- t×length512.2×26.1 mm; C, Lithophaga malaccana, height×length517.7×7.87 mm; D, Modiolus comptus, height×length57.05×4.82 mm; E, Septifer bilocularis, heigh- t×length537.8×19.8 mm; F, Dendostrea crenulifera, height×length53.4×2.4 mm; G and H, Hyotissa sinensis (NHM 20030494), height×length5129×117 mm; I, Spondylus cf. anacanthus, height×length58.31×15.07 mm; J, Anomia chinensis, heigh- t×length52.4×2.4 mm; K, Pinctada martensii, height×length514.48×15.35 mm; L, Isognomon legumen, height×length528×14.77 mm; M, Vulsella vulsella, heigh- t×length564.19×32.96 mm; N, Ephippodonta oedipus, height×length50.51×3.25 mm; O, Mysella compacta, height×length51.84×4.5 mm; P, Claudiconcha japonica, heigh- t×length54.75×5.08 mm; Q, Hiatella orientalis, height×length511.9×13.1 mm.