A NEW SPECIES OF LITHOPHAGA (BIVALVIA: LITHOPHAGINAE) BORING CORALS IN THE CARIBBEAN*
- 15 May 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Molluscan Studies
- Vol. 52 (1) , 55-61
- https://doi.org/10.1093/mollus/52.1.55
Abstract
A new species of Lithophaga is described as a small lithophagine mussel exclusively boring Madracis mir-abilis, M. decactis and M. formosa in Jamaica. The shell, musculature and pallial glands show modifications for live coral boring similar to those of Indo-Pacific species of the genus. However, both the boring and posterior pallial glands are more primitive than other species examined to date, interpreted as indicative of a more recent adaptation to life in a living coral habitat by this species.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: