Cuspidaria cochinensis Preston, 1916 transferred to the Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and assigned to the genus Cuneocorbula

P. Graham Oliver; P. R. Jayachandran; S. Bijoy Nandan

doi:10.1007/s12526-016-0578-y

Cuspidaria cochinensis Preston, 1916 transferred to the Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and assigned to the genus Cuneocorbula

P. Graham Oliver^*
, P. R. Jayachandran
, S. Bijoy Nandan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

An examination of a syntype of Cuspidaria cochinensis Preston, 1916, focusing on the characters of the hinge, supports the transfer of this species to the family Corbulidae. Recently collected material from the Cochin Backwater is used to describe the shell and anatomy of the adult form. The ctenidia are composed of two demibranchs, both flat and homorhabdic, this further confirming that this species is eulamellibranch and not septibranch. The most appropriate generic placing of this species is in Cuneocorbula; thus, it is the first recorded extant species of the genus.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1223-1227
Number of pages	5
Journal	Marine Biodiversity
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-016-0578-y
State	Published - 1 Jun 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Corbulidae
Indian backwaters
Taxonomy

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Aquatic Science

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Cuspidaria cochinensis Preston, 1916 transferred to the Corbulidae (Mollusca, Bivalvia) and assigned to the genus Cuneocorbula

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