WoRMS taxon details
Montacutona sigalionidcola Goto & M. Tanaka, 2019
1368028 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1368028)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Goto, R. & Tanaka, M. (2019). Worm-riding clam: description of <em>Montacutona sigalionidcola</em> sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Heterodonta: Galeommatidae) from Japan and its phylogenetic position. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4652 (3): 473-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.4
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Note Kamiura Beach, Kushimoto, Wakayama, Kii...
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Type locality Kamiura Beach, Kushimoto, Wakayama, Kii Peninsula, Japan; 33°27'N, 135°46'E. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Montacutona sigalionidcola Goto & M. Tanaka, 2019. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1368028 on 2025-04-15
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Nomenclature
original description
Goto, R. & Tanaka, M. (2019). Worm-riding clam: description of <em>Montacutona sigalionidcola</em> sp. nov. (Bivalvia: Heterodonta: Galeommatidae) from Japan and its phylogenetic position. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4652 (3): 473-486., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4652.3.4
page(s): 478, figs 3-5 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 478, figs 3-5 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Ecology This species is a commensal with the burrowing scale worm Pelogenia zeylanica (Willey, 1905) (Annelida: Sigalionidae) that lives in fine sand sediments. Specimens were always found attached to the dorsal surface of the anterior end of the host body. [details]Type locality Kamiura Beach, Kushimoto, Wakayama, Kii Peninsula, Japan; 33°27'N, 135°46'E. [details]
