Montacutidae, W.Clark, 1855

Oliver, P. Graham, Holmes, Anna, Killeen, Ian, Light, Janice & Wood, Harriet, 2004, Annotated checklist of the marine Bivalvia of Rodrigues, Journal of Natural History 38 (23), pp. 3229-3272 : 3252

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930410001695097

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5253800

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scientific name

Montacutidae
status

 

Montacutidae sp.

Habitat (inferred). Known from a single shell taken from a crevice in the coral rock of the reef front.

Distribution. Gravier.

Remarks. See Oliver and Holmes (2004).

Range. Uncertain.

Figured specimen. 3.32 mm, NMW.Z.2000.086.00014.

OLIVER, P. G. and HOLMES, A. M., 2004, Cryptic bivalves with descriptions of new species from the Rodrigues lagoon, in P. G. Oliver and A. M. Holmes (eds) The Marine Biodiversity of Rodrigues, Indian Ocean. Proceedings of the First International Marine Biodiversity Workshop for Rodrigues, 10 September to 5 October 2001, Journal of Natural History, 38, 3175 - 3227.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Venerida

Family

Montacutidae