On the Anatomy of the British Species of the Genus Psammobia

Anatomy of Phyllodina persica (Bivalvia: Tellinidae), and its first occurrence in southeastern Brazilian waters

“…Despite the same pattern of protractor muscles in taxon previously cited, P. persica presents a smaller anteriorposterior elongated protractor muscle insertion area, with more amorphous outline and with low anterior adductor penetration, very similar to the protractor insertion area shape of T. petitiana (Barón & Ciocco, 1997). This protractor shape and anterior adductor penetration degree is similar to other tellinoid families, such as Donacidae (Purchon, 1963;Narchi, 1978;Ansell, 1981;Passos & Domaneschi, 2004;Simone & Dougherty, 2004), Psamobiidae (Pohlo, 1972), Solecurtidae (Bloomer, 1905), and Semelidae (Domaneschi, 1995;Simone & Guimarães, 2008). Thus this character could be a basal one, as suggested by Simone & Wilkinson (2008)."…”

On the structure, biology and systematic position ofPharus legumen(L.)

“…This paper is primarily concerned with the reasons for this change in classification, and this has involved some description of structure and habits in this little known member of the British marine fauna. Nothing can supersede the magnificent plates in Deshayes (1845-48) but his account, although detailed, is not, by present standards, critical, while the very short description by Bloomer (1903) is of little value. This work has been made possible largely through the kindness of Prof. E. W. Knight-Jones who, from Anglesey and later from the Swansea area, sent living specimens with information about the conditions under which they were found.…”

A re-evaluation ofGari lineolata(Gray in Yate, 1835) (Bivalvia: Psammobiidae)

“…The species all live infaunally, in a replacing sequence, across a wide range of sediment types, each favouring a different substratum. Since all are deposit feeders (Bloomer 1911;Yonge 1949;Purchon 1960) each can be expected to have a very intimate relationship with its substratum. Cari hodgei occurs in clean, medium to coarse-grained sand often in open situations subject to current scour, Cari stangeri has been found sympatrically with C. hodgei in such habitats, but the former prefers even more turbulent conditions where the substratum is coarser still, even virtually gravel (Fleming 1952;Morton and Miller 1968).…”