''Meiocardia delicata'' is a species of
bivalve
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
in the family
Glossidae
Glossidae is a family (biology), family of marine (ocean), saltwater bivalve, clams in the superfamily Glossoidea.
Genera and species
Genera and species within the family Glossidae include:
*''Glossocardia (bivalve), Glossocardia'' Stoliczka, 18 ...
.
Right and left valve of the same specimen:
File:Meiocardia vulgaris 01.jpg, Right valve
File:Meiocardia vulgaris 02.jpg, Left valve
Taxonomy
Lovell Augustus Reeve described this species in 1845, placing it in the genus ''
Isocardia''.
In 1994, S. Kosuge & T. Kase described a
junior synonym
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
''M. delicata''; this was synonymized in 1995 by Akihiko Matsukuma and Tadashige Habe.
Reeve gave this species the
specific epithet
In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, bot ...
''
vulgaris'' "common" to reflect "the abundant importation of this once rare and highly praised shell."
Distribution
The
type locality of ''M. vulgaris'' and its junior synonym are China and
Okinawa, Japan, respectively.
Its distribution includes: China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia,
Queensland, Australia, the
Andaman Islands
The Andaman Islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern Indian Ocean about southwest off the coasts of Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Region. Together with the Nicobar Islands to their south, the Andamans serve as a maritime boundary between th ...
,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
,
Northeast India,
Oman,
Zanzibar and
Madagascar.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Glossidae
Bivalves described in 1845
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