Another bivalve with dreadlocks: Living Rasta lamyi from Aqaba, Red Sea (Bivalvia: Lucinidae)

Autor(en)

J Taylor, Emily A. Glover, Martin Zuschin, Peter C. Dworschak, Wolfgang Waitzbauer

Abstrakt

Live-collected specimens of the lucinid bivalve, Rasta lamyi, hitherto known only from dead shells, possess long periostracal pipes arranged radially around the valve margins. The bivalves were found in the northern Red Sea, mostly in muddy sand, with sparse seagrass cover, at depths between 10-48 m. The periostracal pipes and general anatomy are similar to those of the type species R. thiophila from Western Australia. Although the morphological features are unusual, a molecular phylogenetic analysis demonstrates that R. lamyi groups within a major clade of shallow water lucinids.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Paläontologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Natural History Museum London, Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM)

Journal

Journal of Conchology

Band

38

Seiten

489-497

Anzahl der Seiten

9

ISSN

0022-0019

Publikationsdatum

2005

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

105118 Paläontologie

Link zum Portal

https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/43571418-0e3a-4cb1-9384-2bb3240b057c