Coralichlamys Iredale, 1939
IREDALE, T. 1939. Mollusca. Part 1. In: Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29, B.M.(N.H.), Scientific Reports, 5 (6): 209-425, pls. 1-7. [p. 355]
«Genus Coralichlamys nov.
Type : C. acroporicola sp. nov.
Shell thin, irregularly elongate, "Chlamys" form, equivalve, inequilateral, both valves lighily convex, ears very unequal. The juvenile is regular in form, with a minute smooth prod.issoconch, followed by a punctate sculpture, from which radials arise. The adult sculpture consists of numerous radials overrun by concentric elevated scales, continuous with similar latticing in the interstices. In the juvenile form the ears are normally unequal, but in the adult the posterior ear becomes lessened as the valve spreads. The byssal notch is deep, and the ctenolium is short and strongly toothed. The hinge shows no cardinal crura, and only a faint denticulation along the edge, the ligament extending deeply, and being elongately produced. A strong ligamental area is developed, taking the place of the crura, and causing the shell to be gaping a little throughout.»
TOM IREDALE, 1939
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Coralichlamys acroporicola sp. nov.; T. Iredale, 1939, Mollusca, Great Barrier Reef Expedition 1928-29, plate 5, figures 26, 26a.
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