| PECTINIDAE | Laevichlamys boninensis (Dijkstra & Matsukuma, 1993) |
| Figure |
Holotype |
| Original name | Chlamys ('Hinnites') boninensis Dijkstra & Matusukuma, 1993 |
| Autoreference | Dijkstra & Matsukuma, 1993: 182, figs 1A, 2, pl. 1, figs 1a-f. |
| Reference | Dijkstra & Matsukuma, 1993. Chlamys ('Hinnites') boninensis n. sp. (Bivalvia: Pectinidae) from Ogasawara Islands, Japan. - Venus 52(3): 179-191. |
| Type data | Holotype (pr: H 40 mm, L 34 mm, D 10 mm) National Science Museum, Tokyo (NSMT-Mo 69619). Type locality: Japan, Ogasawara Islands, Chichijima Island (Kawamura collection). |
| Description | Shell up to ca. 42 mm in height in adult stage, 16-21 mm in juvenile stage, weakly inflated, left valve more convex than right valve (nearly flat), sub-circular, strongly inequivalve, juvenile stage radially sculptures, adult stage irregular of growth ('Hinnites'-like), antimarginal and shagreen microsculpture. Auricles somewhat unequal, colour yellowish, pale orange or pale pink, with small brown spots near umbo. Byssal notch shallow and functional ctenolium only in juvenile stage. |
| Distribution |
Japan, Ogasawara Islands (TL) |
| Habitat | Living cemented by right valve to coral Montopora in shallow water. |
| Remarks | This species is a 'forma accomodata' in adult ontogeny. |