A new large tellinid species of the genus Pharaonella from the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan (Mollusca, Bivalvia)
| Autor: | Ken Ohsuga, Luna Yamamori, Ryutaro Goto, Makoto Kato, Remi Tsubaki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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0301 basic medicine
Cardiida Pharaonella Amami Island Tellinoidea bivalve 03 medical and health sciences Genus lcsh:Zoology Animalia lcsh:QL1-991 Mollusca Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Tellinidae geography geography.geographical_feature_category biology Phylogenetic tree Ecology sand flat Coral reef Bivalvia biology.organism_classification 030104 developmental biology Archipelago coral reef ecosystem Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | ZooKeys 705: 1-13 ZooKeys, Vol 705, Iss, Pp 1-13 (2017) |
| Popis: | A new tellinid species, Pharaonella amanyu sp. n., is described from sand banks around Amami Islands, the Ryukyu Archipelago, in southern Japan. A molecular phylogenetic analysis suggests that this new species is closely related to P. sieboldii. This species has long siphons and lives buried deep in well-sorted white sand syntopically with Tonganaella tongana. These rare, large tellinid species are indicators of unspoiled tidal/subtidal sand flats, which should receive the highest priority conservation in the Ryukyu Archipelago. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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