Malayomaorica? sp.

Fuersich, Franz T., Alberti, Matthias, Pandey, Dhirendra K. & Ayoub-Hannaa, Wagih S., 2022, Jurassic bivalves from the Spiti area of the Himalayas, northern India, Zitteliana 96, pp. 153-178 : 153

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zitteliana.96.87253

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:191199E0-7F3E-4E09-A377-4ADFBF93A248

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4654864D-52A4-5D3C-B18D-FDA2E8205E3C

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scientific name

Malayomaorica? sp.
status

 

Malayomaorica? sp. View in CoL

Plate 3, figs 6-10 View Plate 3

Material.

Numerous right and left valves preserved as composite moulds or with remains of shell, generally strongly compacted and often fragmented, from the upper member close to Demul Pass (SNSB-BSPG 2020 XCIX 51-52).

Description and remarks.

The poorly preserved specimens are characterized by a feebly inflated right valve and a strongly inflated left valve. The height distinctly exceeds the length of the shell, which is slightly oblique, the ventralmost part being posterior of the mid-line. The anterior margin is well-rounded, the posterior margin sub-straight, the ventral margin strongly curved. The right valve anterior auricle is directed towards the left valve; the byssal notch is well-developed. The surface of the shell is covered with faint radial riblets in addition to faint commarginal growth rugae.

The different outline and the radial riblets distinguish the material from Buchia . Due to the poor preservation and lack of detailed hinge information the specimens are only tentatively placed in Malayomaorica . This is the first documentation of the genus from the Indian Himalayas.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

SubClass

Protobranchia

Order

Pectinida

Family

Buchiidae