Darina Gray, 1853

Signorelli, Javier H. & Pastorino, Guido, 2011, Revision of the Magellanic Mactridae Lamarck, 1809 (Bivalvia: Heterodonta), Zootaxa 2757, pp. 47-67 : 61

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Genus Darina Gray, 1853 .

Type Species: Erycina solenoides King & Broderip, 1832 [by Monotypy]

Diagnosis. Shell elongated, very thin, fragile, compressed laterally; siphonal gap at both ends; external ligament small, teeth weak in cardinal area; pallial sinus deep about 1/2 Shell length.

Distribution. Bahía Blanca, Argentina, to Puerto Montt, Chile.

References

Gray, J. E. (1853) A revision of the genera of some of the families of conchifera or bivalve shells. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2 nd serie, 11, 33 - 44.

King, P. P. & Broderip, W. J. (1832) Description of the Cirripedia, Conchifera and Mollusca in a collection formed by the officers of HMS Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America, including the straits of Magalhaens and the coast of Tierra del Fuego. Zoological Journal, 5, 332 - 349.