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39.307
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S, 63
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24.950
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E.
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.Z.2001.061.00004.
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,
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(mm, L
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H).
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1.65.
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1.56, 2.58
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1.72, 2.34
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1.54, 1.91
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1.30.
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Shell minute to
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. Equivalve. Inequilateral, beaks close to the anterior margin. Outline wedge-shaped, anterior reduced, posterior greatly expanded; dorsal margin long, straight; posterior margin long, slightly sinuate and angled about 90
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to dorsal margin; anterior margin small smoothly merging into long, almost straight ventral margin. Sculpture of concentric lamellae that are regularly fluted by weaker radial riblets. Posterior ventral area arched but not carinate; median area flat, no byssal sinus apparent. Hinge plate long, taxodont teeth divided into two sets by distinct edentulous space; up to four anterior teeth and seven posterior teeth; anterior teeth more or less vertical, posterior teeth oblique. Ligament confined to a single chevron at the posterior end of the dorsal plate. Prodissoconch (
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) of moderate size, 230
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m in diameter, apex pronounced, margin weakly rimmed. Adductor scars unequal, anterior about one-third size of posterior; anterior with distinct myophoric flanges, posterior flanges indistinct. Inner margin crenulate. In three valves the posterior ventral area is separated from the remainder of the cavity by a transverse ridge
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FIGS. 17. (15)
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(1, 2) Holotype, NMW.Z.2001.061.00004: (1) external (Montage
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); (2) internal (SEM). (35) Paratype, NMW.Z.2001.061.00005 (SEM): (3) external; (4) internal; (5) prodissoconch. (6, 7)
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Rodrigues, NMW.Z.2000.086.00034 (SEM): (6) external left valve; (7) prodissoconch.
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(
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). Shell colour white.
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<emphasis id="B96E57755637FF8437C6DA4615CAF9D0" box="[199,431,1613,1637]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="3177">Derivation of name.</emphasis>
Latin
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a pouch, referring to the inner partitioned chamber.
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<emphasis id="B96E57755637FF8437C6DA86153AF910" box="[199,351,1677,1701]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="3177">Comparisons.</emphasis>
The genus
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in the Indo-Pacific is primarily represented by the widespread, common but variable
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(Dillwyn, 1817)
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(
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). Other species from the western Indian Ocean have been separated, most conclusively, by characters of the prodissoconch, e.g.
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF8335CDDCC51728FF53" box="[716,845,206,230]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">A. petasion</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83333DDCC514BAFEB3" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">A. abdita</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF8BF6965630FF8337EADCE6167AFEB0" author="Oliver and Chesney" box="[235,543,237,261]" firstAuthor="Oliver" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178" pagination="17 - 31" refId="ref20411" refString="OLIVER, P. G. and CHESNEY, H. C. G., 1994, Taxonomy of Arabian bivalves Part 1: Arcoidea, Journal of Conchology, 35, 17 - 31." type="journal article" year="1994">Oliver and Chesney, 1994</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83352FDCE516AEFEB3" box="[558,715,238,262]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">Acar petasion</emphasis>
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has a large, 480
<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83349BDCE517CCFEB3" box="[922,937,238,262]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">M</emphasis>
m in diameter, collared and peaked prodissoconch (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8BF6965630FF833551DD06169CFE90" author="Kilburn" box="[592,761,269,293]" firstAuthor="Kilburn" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178" pagination="511 - 548" refId="ref19976" refString="KILBURN, R. N., 1983, The Recent Arcidae (Mollusca: Bivalvia) of southern Africa and Mozambique, Annals of the Natal Museum, 25 (2), 511 - 548." type="journal article" year="1983">Kilburn, 1983</bibRefCitation>
). The prodissoconch of
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF833321DD05157DFEF3" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">Acar marsupialis</emphasis>
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is not very large (
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) but the apex is pronounced and there is a weak rim that is distinct from that of
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83356BDD4516B9FED3" box="[618,732,334,358]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">A. plicata</emphasis>
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(
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). The dimpled apex of the prodissoconch of
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83369EDD651674FE33" box="[415,529,366,390]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">A. plicata</emphasis>
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shown here does not agree with that illustrated by
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and we assume this is due to the different angles of view used. If the South African
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF8336EADDA5163BFE73" box="[491,606,430,454]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">A. plicata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
does truly have a domed apex then this suggests that
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83363EDDC515D7FE53" box="[319,434,462,486]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">A. plicata</emphasis>
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may comprise a complex of species. The wedge-shaped outline is unlike that of the other mentioned species, and additionally the inner partition is so far unique to this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BA58B675630FF8337C3DE2517E9FC90" blockId="4.[154,1111,173,805]" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">
<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF8337C3DE251548FDF3" box="[194,301,558,582]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">Remarks.</emphasis>
The internal partition observed in some valves is interpreted here to form a marsupial chamber for the brooding of larvae. Its presence in only some shells suggests that this may be a sex-related feature appearing only in females. These structures are relatively rare in bivalves with the best documented cases being those of
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF8336A9DEA51662FD73" box="[424,519,686,710]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">Thecalia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF833552DEA516D6FD73" box="[595,691,686,710]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">Milneria</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[Carditoidea:
<taxonomicName id="4C1AF0E45630FF83346ADEA61781FD70" authorityName="Ferussac" authorityYear="1822" box="[875,996,685,709]" class="Bivalvia" family="Carditidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Carditida" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178" phylum="Mollusca" rank="family">Carditidae</taxonomicName>
] (
<bibRefCitation id="EF8BF6965630FF833302DEA614B7FD50" author="Yonge" firstAuthor="Yonge" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178" pagination="493 - 528" refId="ref21004" refString="YONGE, C. M., 1969, Functional morphology and evolution within the Carditacea (Bivalvia), Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 38 (6), 493 - 528." type="journal article" year="1969">Yonge, 1969</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EF8BF6965630FF8337E2DEC615D2FD50" author="Coan" box="[227,439,717,742]" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Coan" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178" refId="ref19581" refString="COAN, E. V., SCOTT, P. V. and BERNARD, F. R., 2000, Bivalve Seashells of Western North America, Marine Bivalve Mollusks from Arctic Alaska to Baja California (Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History), 764 pp." type="book" year="2000">
Coan
<emphasis id="B96E57755630FF83362CDEC51507FD53" box="[301,354,718,742]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="3178">et al</emphasis>
., 2000
</bibRefCitation>
). We have considered that the partition could represent shell repair or be the result of parasitism but the partition is identical in form and position which suggests that it has not formed accidentally.
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</subSubSection>
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