Species Phlyctaenachlamys lysiosquillina Popham, 1939

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• Phlyctaenachlamys lysiosquillina Popham, M.L. 1939. On Phlyctaenachlamys lysiosquillina gen. and sp. nov. a lamellibranch commensal in the burrows of Lysiosquilla maculata. Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-1929 6(2): 61-84 [82].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Great Barrier Reef, Sand Flat between the Sand Cay and the Thalamita Flat.

Introduction

Although this species has been compared with numerous other cryptic species, no new data has been provided since its original description

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, marine, shallow water.

Extra Ecological Information

Byssally attached in or near the opening of the tube-burrows of the mantis shrimp Lysiosquilla maculata; deeply buried in sand flats.

General References

Huber, M. 2015. Compendium of Bivalves 2. A full-color guide to the remaining seven families. A systematic listing of 8,500 bivalve species and 10,500 synonyms. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 907 pp, 1 CD-ROM. [Date published May: Markus Huber, Annioe Langleit &​ Kurt Kreipl: TELLINIDAE; Markus Huber: all other parts] [509; on CD]

Ponder, W.F. 1971. Some New Zealand and subantarctic bivalves of the Cyamiacea and Leptonacea with descriptions of new taxa. Records of the Dominion Museum 7(13): 119-141

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