Galapagos Species Database

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Lamychaena truncata (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834)

Almeja, Clams

(G. rugulosa) Shallow water (less than 200 m depth)

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Mollusca

Class
Bivalvia

Order
Gastrochaenida

Superfamily
Gastrochaenoidea

Family
Gastrochaenidae

Genus
Lamychaena

Species
truncata

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Gastrochaena ecuadoriensis Olsson, 1961, Gastrochaena folini Deshayes, 1867, Gastrochaena rugulosa G. B. Sowerby I, 1834, Gastrochaena truncata G. B. Sowerby I, 1834, Gastrochena folini Deshayes in de Folin & Périer, 1867, Lamychaena rugulosa (G. B. Sowerby I, 1834) (Horton et al., 2021).; (G. rugulosa) BMNH: 197883 (Holotype, type locality: Galapagos)

Origin: Native

References

  • Finet, Y. (2001) The marine mollusks of the Galapagos Islands: a documented faunal list. Editions du Muséum d' Histoire naturelle, Genève, 237 pp.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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  • Yuan, Yao-Wu Mabberley, D., Steane, D. A., Olmstead, R. (2010) Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): Implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy TAXON 59 (1) • February 2010: 125–133

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