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Fig. 10 Cardiolucina crassilirata (Tate, 1 1 

 bars a = 2.0mm, b = 2.5mm. 



), Western Port, Victoria, Australia. BMNH 1963200. a, exterior of left valve; b, interior of left valve. Scale 



Comparison with other species. C. civica is most similar to C. 

 crassilirata, but it has a shorter ligament and coarser marginal 

 crenulations. 



Habitat. Fine sandy and shelly bottoms mainly from shallow 

 water to 200m, with a few dead shells recorded up to 600 m. 



DISTRIBUTION. Andaman Islands, North Western Australia, South 

 East Asia, Japan, to Fiji (Fig. 9). 



Material examined. ANDAMAN ISLANDS: 11°37'N, 

 92°56'E, 357m (ANSP 292239); Port Blair, BMNH 1953. 1.30.199- 

 201; BMNH 1898.4.30.7. AUSTRALIA: Western Australia, N.W. 

 of Port Hedland 19°13'S, 116°6'E, 271m & 19°24'S, 115°52'E, 

 238m (AM C.309458 & C.309453); N.W. Beagle Island, 29°43'S, 

 1 14°17E, 274-283m (AM C.309465); N.W. Roebuck Bay, Broome 

 17°34'S 120°22'E, 188m (AM C.309457). PHILIPPINES: Luzon, 

 off Matocot Pt W., 370m (USNM 295697); Tayabas Bay, off Tay- 

 abas Lt, 200m (USNM 297745); Ragay Gulf, off North Burias, 

 185m (USNM 246286); off Balanja Pt, S.E. Mindoro, 280m (USNM 

 295581); Adyagan I. E. Masbate,190m (USNM 298134); off Pt 

 Dumurug, Masbate, 273m (USNM 298227); Linapacan Strait, 90m 

 (USNM 301994); off PtLauis, E. Cebu, 280m (USNM 300493); off 

 Gigantangan I., N.W. Leyte, 210m (USNM 298317); off Dammi I., 

 Sulu Archipelago, 446m (USNM 299036); off Simaluc Island, Tawi 

 Tawi Is, 600m (USNM 299195); off Jolo, Jolo I., 283m (USNM 

 294618) & 37m (USNM 294584); 14°01'N 120°18'E, 192m 

 (MNHN). CHINA: off Pratas Islands., China Sea, 272m, (USNM 

 296724). JAPAN: off southern Honshu 34°13'N, 136°13E, 90- 

 100m (BMNH 1878.10.16.191); Kumano-Nada, off Kii Peninsula, 

 93m (NSMT 70534); off Jyogashima I., Miura Peninsula (NSMT 

 70535); off Goto Islands, 168m (NSMT 56297); off Tsushima 

 Islands, 112m (NSMT 56298); Usibuka, Anakusa Island (NSMT 

 70533); Sagami Bay (USNM 708071). IRIAN JAYA: Aoeri I., 

 Geelvink Bay, 1^10 (ANSP 275808, 280332); Japen I., Geelvink 

 Bay, 30-40m (ANSP 277817, 276638, 279725); Schouten I., 18m 

 (ANSP 280204). NEW CALEDONIA: 19°07'S 163°22'E, 110- 

 200m (MNHN); 22°02'S 165°57'E 135-150m (MNHN); Grande 



Recif Sud, 22°42'S 157°22'E, 35m (MNHN). FIJI: Viti Levu Bay 0- 

 5m near shore (USNM 878321). 



Cardiolucina crassilirata (Tate, 1887) 



Figs 10-11 



Lucina crassilirata Tate, 1887a: 6-7, pi. 4 fig. 2. 

 Codokia crassilirata (Tate) - Cotton & Godfrey, 1938: 206 fig. 218. 

 Loripes crassilirata (Tate) - Pritchard & Gatliff, 1903: 139. 

 Bellucina crassilirata (Tate) - Macpherson & Gabriel, 1962: 327. 



Fig. 11 Geographical distribution of Cardiolucina crassilirata (Tate). 



