species: Mimachlamys lentiginosa in Lizard Island Field Guide (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Mimachlamys lentiginosa


©Anne Hoggett: Mimachlamys lentiginosa about 3 cm wide found on underside of rubble slab at base of reef slope, Pidgin Point, Lizard Island. Photo identified by Dr Richard Willan, NT Museum.

©Anne Hoggett: Side view of Mimachlamys lentiginosa about 3 cm wide found on underside of rubble slab at base of reef slope, Pidgin Point, Lizard Island. White sponge obsures the beak in this photo. Dr Richard Willan (NT Museum) notes that the beak is characteristically blood-red or dark purplish or black in this species.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Bivalvia
Order Pectinida
Family Pectinidae
Genus Mimachlamys
Species Mimachlamys lentiginosa

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References

  • Goggin, C.L. and R.J.G. Lester (1987). Occurrence of Perkinsus species (Protozoa, Apicomplexa) in bivalves from the Great Barrier Reef, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 3: 113-117. LIRS catalog number 237.
  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.