Loxoconcha taiwanensis Zhao, 1988

Ji, Su-Jung, Jung, Jongwoo, Kim, Sa Heung, Ahn, Dong-Ha, Kim, Min-Seop, Lee, Jeounghee, Yang, Hee-Min, Lee, Geon Hyuk, Nam, Eunjung, Park, Taeseo, Jöst, Anna B., Pham, Huyen T. M., Park, Jina, Park, Joohee, Keum, Seoyoung, Karanovic, Ivana, Karanovic, Tomislav, Park, Joong-Ki, Jung, Chuleui & Min, Gi-Sik, 2023, Unrecorded species of Korean invertebrates discovered through the project of ‘ Discovery of Korean Indigenous Species’ III, Journal of Species Research 12 (4), pp. 341-354 : 351-352

21. Loxoconcha taiwanensis Zhao, 1988 ( Fig. 21 )

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Material examined. Seongsan, Jejudo (33°27′N, 126° 56′E), Korea ; by washing seaweeds; collected by Anna World distribution. Japan and Korea .

Diagnosis. Carapace outline subovoid in lateral view; lateral surface finely pitted; posterior and anterior flanges smooth; prominent eye spot.

Remarks. Loxoconcha viva differs from L. puchra by having a strongly developed fringe on the postero-ventral margin and lacks a few ridges on the anterior part of the carapace.

Beata Jöst on 20 August 2018.

Deposition. NIBRIV0000901019.

World distribution. Taiwan and Korea.

Diagnosis. Carapace outline elliptical compressed in lateral outline; lateral surface punctate with wide-spread pits around mid-dorsal area and ventral ridges merging into a median reticulation pattern; broad posterior flange; anterior flange narrower.

Remarks. Loxoconcha taiwanensis differs from L. puchra by elliptical, elongated valves with very fine pits.

Figures

Fig. 21. SEM image of Loxoconcha taiwanensis Zhao, 1988. Scale bar=150 μm.