“Draculamya” uraniae: a new small-sized bivalve from the Mediterranean Sea (Galeommatida, Lasaeidae)
Romani, L.; Bartolini, S.; Oliver, P.G.; Taviani, M. (2021). “Draculamya” uraniae: a new small-sized bivalve from the Mediterranean Sea (Galeommatida, Lasaeidae). Taxonomy 1(2): 142-151. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy1020011
In: Taxonomy. MDPI: Switzerland. e-ISSN 2673-6500, more
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Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Draculamya P. G. Oliver & Lützen, 2011 [WoRMS]; Draculamya uraniae Romani, Bartolini, P. G. Oliver & Taviani, 2021 [WoRMS]; Galeommatida [WoRMS]; Glibertia; Lasaeidae J. E. Gray, 1842 [WoRMS]; Mollusca [WoRMS]
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mollusca; Mediterranean Sea; new species; Draculamya; Glibertia; Galeommatida |
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- Romani, L., more
- Bartolini, S.
- Oliver, P.G.
- Taviani, M.
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| Abstract |
A new Galeommatid bivalve is described for the Mediterranean Sea, tentatively assigned to the elusive genus Draculamya Oliver and Lützen, 2011. “Draculamya” uraniae n. sp is described upon a number of dead but fresh and articulated specimens, plus many loose valves. Its distribution is almost basin-wide in the Mediterranean, and it possibly occurs in the adjacent Gulf of Cadiz. As for many members in Galeommatida, we hypothesize that “Draculamya” uraniae lives as commensal upon a still-unknown host. The possible co-identity of the extant genus Draculamya with the morphologically similar Pliocene Glibertia Van der Meulen, 1951, is discussed, although the lack of anatomical and genetic support leaves the problem open. |
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