Profil taxonu
Popis
Shell thin, cylindrical, smooth, translucent, often with coloured design. Molluscs of this group use the copious threads of their byssus to form nests for themselves.
Distribution : Cosmopolitan.
Remarks: The colourful species, A. arborescens, inhabits the West Indies.
Distribution : Cosmopolitan.
Remarks: The colourful species, A. arborescens, inhabits the West Indies.
Cotton, B.C., 1961. South Australian Mollusca. Pelecypoda.
Shell thin, frequently hyaline. Periostracum thin, adherent. Sculpture absent. Hinge plate weak. Ligament small, attached to slight resilial ridge. Members of this genus, which is known from the early Cretaceous, usually live colonially in a nest of byssal threads and adhering particles. Recorded to the early Cretaceous. The name is derived from the Latin amygdala, an almond; although almond is feminine, this derived generic name has been treated as neuter. Literature: J. F. Allen (1955), B. R. Wilson and Hodgkin (1967).
Coan E.V., Valentich-Scott P. & Bernard F.R. (2000) Bivalve seashells of western North America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California.
Autor: Jan Delsing
Zařazené taxony
Počet záznamů: 16druh Amygdalum americanum Soot-Ryen, 1955
druh Amygdalum anoxicolum P.G. Oliver, 2001
druh Amygdalum dendriticum M. von Mühlfeld, 1811
druh Amygdalum glaberrima
druh Amygdalum japonica R. W. Dunker, 1856
druh Amygdalum newcombi (W. H. Dall, P. Bartsch & H. A. Rehder, 1938)
druh Amygdalum pallidulum (W. H. Dall, 1916)
- slávka bleďounká
druh Amygdalum plumeum T. Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971
druh Amygdalum striatum (F.W. Hutton, 1873)
Odkazy a literatura
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1008087]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [jako Amygdalum Megerle von Mühlfeld, 1811]
Datum citace: 30. listopad 2019