Anodontia Link, 1807

Cosel, Rudo von, 2006, Taxonomy of tropical West African bivalves. VI. Remarks on Lucinidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia), with description of six new genera and eight new species, Zoosystema 28 (4), pp. 805-851 : 836

Genus Anodontia Link, 1807

TYPE SPECIES. — Anodontia alba Link, 1807 , by original designation.

SPECIES INCLUDED. — 25 species ( Taylor & Glover 2005), worldwide.

DIAGNOSIS. — Shells small to very large, equivalve, inequilateral, very tumid to globose, thin to moderately thick, circular to subcircular, with more or less protruding umbones. Hinge plate very narrow, toothless, ligament plate horizontal to shell margin or slanting towards the interior of the valve. Surface smooth, with more or less pronounced irregular growth lines and stages. Anterior adductor scar small, with comparatively short and small diverging part.

REMARKS

A detailed worldwide revision of the genus has recently been published by Taylor & Glover (2005). The subgeneric classification followed here is also treated therein.