High endemic freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionida) diversity in western Borneo, with description of three new species
Author
Zieritz, Alexandra
School of Geography, University of Noưingham, Noưingham, United Kingdom
Alexandra.zieritz@noưingham.ac.uk
Author
Pfeiffer, John
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, United States
Author
Rahim, Khairul Adha A.
Faculty of Resource Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia
Author
Prayogo, Hari
Faculty of Forestry, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Author
Anwari, Muhammad Sofwan
Faculty of Forestry, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Author
Diba, Farah
Faculty of Forestry, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
Author
Froufe, Elsa
CIIMAR / CIMAR-Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, University of Porto, Matosinhos, Portugal
Author
Blackwell, Tabitha
School of Geography, University of Noưingham, Noưingham, United Kingdom
Author
Hartikainen, Hanna
School of Life Sciences, University of Noưingham, Noưingham, United Kingdom
Author
Lopes-Lima, Manuel
CIBIO / InBIO-Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, University of Porto, Vairão, Portugal
text
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2024
201
1
15
journal article
302779
10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae076
c10f3f9e-b627-428a-9391-a5cccce91bf2
0024-4082
13738505
BC3D9F3-C30C-439C-AEB6-91446E8B1AAD
Rectidens lauris
Zieritz
et al
.
,
sp. nov.
(
Fig. 4
)
Type locality:
Sungai Rempangi (Pawan Drainage),
17 km
SSW of Randau, Ketapang Regency,
West Kalimantan
,
Indonesia
.
Type:
Holotype
, FKH_MFw_x533.
Paratype
, FKH_MFw_ x519, Sungai Melayu [Pawan Drainage],
18.7km
SSW of Randau, Ketapang Regency,
West Kalimantan
,
Indonesia
.
Material examined:
Two lots: FKH_MFw_x533, FKH_MFw_x519.
Diagnosis:
Morphologically very similar to
Rectidens sumatrensis
.
Description:
Shell thin, elongate shell outline; dorsal margin slightly rounded; ventral margin straight; posterior slope slightly biangulate; umbo even with hinge line; periostracum, yellowish/ greenish brown. Psedocardinal teeth, long, thick, one tooth in less valve* two teeth in right valve. Lateral teeth long* curved* two in less valve* one in right valve; Nacre white* with peach tint near the umbo. Soss anatomy unavailable for study.
Distribution:
Known from only two localities in the Pawan drainage in
West Kalimantan
%
Fig. 5
).
Etymology:
Ŋe species is named asser the river catchment of its
type
locality* i.e. the Laur River basin* and the ethnic group indigenous to this area* i.e. ‘Dayak Laur’.