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‘Pliocardia' krylovata, a new species of vesicomyid clam from cold seeps along the Costa Rica Margin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 July 2011

Alanna M. Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
Shana K. Goffredi*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: S.K. Goffredi, Department of Biology, Occidental College, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041, USA email: sgoffredi@oxy.edu

Abstract

‘Pliocardia' krylovata, sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Vesicomyidae: Pliocardiinae) is described from cold seeps off the coast of the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (700–1000 m depth). The phylogenetic position of ‘P.' krylovata was assessed by both morphological comparisons as well as nucleotide data from the cytochrome c oxidase I gene. Within the vesicomyids, ‘P.' krylovata belongs to the Pliocardiinae and its closest relative is ‘Calyptogena' ponderosa, which also bears some morphological resemblance to the genus Pliocardia, perhaps suggesting a need for reanalysis of not only its generic designation, but also the entire Pliocardiinae subfamily. ‘P.' krylovata has morphological similarities to ‘Pliocardia' bowdeniana and ‘Vesicomya' crenulomarginata, recently reassigned to the genus Pliocardia, including a thick shell, obvious rostrum, pointed posterior end, and a sculptured shell with concentric ribs on the outer surface, to name a few. It is morphologically distinguished, however, by having a complex pallial sinus and remarkably deep escutcheon.

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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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