An extension of the geographical and stratigraphical distribution of the European marine bivalve Montacuta goudi Van Aartsen, 1997 (Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea, Montacutidae)

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by  Hoeksema, Dick F

An extension of the geographical and stratigraphical distribution
of the European marine bivalve Montacuta goudi Van Aartsen, 1997
(Bivalvia, Galeommatoidea, Montacutidae)
Dick F. Hoeksema
Watertoren28,NL-4336KCMiddelburg,TheNetherlands;[email protected]
& Anton C. Janse
G.vanVoornestraat165,NL-3232BEBrielle,TheNetherlands;[email protected]
In2004Cachiaetal.(2004:82-83,208-209)publishedthe
TherangeofthemarinebivalveMontacutagoudiVanAart- firstMediterraneanrecord:theyreportedthefindingof
sen,1997(CentralMediterraneantoCanaryIslands,eastern threeleftvalvesofthisspeciesoffGnejnaBay,Malta.Oneof
AtlanticcoastsnorthtoBasquecoast)isextendedwithnew thesevalveshasbeenselectedbyMrsT.P.Keukelaar-Van 63
recordsfromtheeasternMediterranean(Turkey)andBrit- denBerge(Goes,TheNetherlands);westudiedthisspeci-
tany(westernFrance).Also,fossilsofthisspeciesarere- menandagreewiththeidentification.Threeyearslater
portedfromPleistocene,PlioceneandMiocenedepositsof Margellietal.(2007:96-97)demonstratedbeyonddoubtthe
theNorthSeaBasin.Thestatusofthisspeciesisdiscussed presenceofM.goudioffAntignanosouthofLivorno,Italy,in
andtheconclusionisthatM.goudiisavalidtaxon. thenorthernThyrrhenianSea.Geuzeetal.(2005:34-35)re-
portedasinglevalvefromLaEscala,NESpain.Peñasetal.
Keywords:Bivalvia,Heterodonta,Veneroida,Galeommatoidea,Monta- (2009:29,41-42,44),describingamalacologicalfaunafrom
cutidae,Montacuta,systematics,morphology,distribution,Atlantic, ElMaresme,Barcelona,NESpain,confirmedthepresenceof
Mediterranean,Recent,Pleistocene,Pliocene,Miocene. M.goudiinthisareawithclearfigures.Herewepresentfur-
therrecordsofthespeciesextendingitsrange,geographi-
callyaswellasstratigraphically.
Introduction TheabbreviationsDFHandACJareusedfortheauthors.
Only13yearsagoVanAartsen(1997:27-28)described New geographical records
MontacutagoudiVanAartsen,1997,asmall,fragile,bivalve,
atthattimealreadyknownfromafewlocalities,butap- DrJ.J.vanAartsen(Dieren,TheNetherlands)wrotetous
parentlyrestrictedtotheLusitanianarea.Ruedaetal. (inlitt.,2008)thathehadfoundM.goudinearMersin,S
(2000:111)reportedM.goudifromtheStraitsofGibraltar Turkey.ThusthespeciesalsolivesintheeasternMediter-
andBorjaetal.(2001:79)listedthespeciesfromthe raneanSea.
Basquecoast,NSpain. TheBasquecoasthasbeensofarthenorthernmostlimit
oftheknowndistributionofthespecies.However,on theattributiontoM.goudi.Theumbonesandprodisso-
2.viii.2007DFHtookasampleofshellgritfromthePorzic conchsoftheMistespecimensaresomewhatlargerthan
beachnearMorgat,Crozonpeninsula,Finistèredept.,W thoseoftypicalM.goudi(compareFigs3-4withfigs1-2of
France.FourfreshvalvesofM.goudiwerefoundinthat VanAartsen,1997:28),butweconsiderthesesmalldiffer-
sample,extendingitsdistributionnorthwards:1leftand1 encesinsignificant.Janssen’srecordextendsthestratigraphi-
rightvalve(incollnMrsT.P.Keukelaar-VandenBerge),1 calrangeofM.gouditoabout16Ma.
leftand1rightvalve(incollnDFH)(max.H1.8mm,max.L
2.6mm).InadditionMrW.Segers(Aartselaar,Belgium) Morphology
showedusasamplecontaining4leftand8rightfresh
valvesofM.goudi(max.H1.8mm,max.L2.4mm)collected TheshellofM.goudiisfragile,swollen,equivalveandvery
atLaGrandePlage,Penthièvre,Quiberonpeninsula,Morbi- inequilateral.Theoutlineofthevalvesvariesfromrounded
handept.,WFranceiniv.1997. rectangulartooval,withmoreorlessconvexmargins.The
ThusM.goudiisnowknownfromlocalitiesintheentire valvesareglassytransparenttowhitishopaque,somewhat
MediterraneanSeaandalongtheeasterncoastsoftheAt- glossyontheinsideandtheoutside.Theumbonesare
lanticOcean,fromtheCanaryIslandsinthesouthtowest- prosogyrateandsituatedattheposteriorpartofthevalves.
ernFranceinthenorth. Theprodissoconchissmoothandclearlycircumscribed;the
dissoconchissculpturedwithconcentriclinesandridges.At
New fossil records theinsideasmallresiliferissituatedbelowandbehindeach
beak.Thereisasmalltooth-liketubercleanteriortothe
Morethan200valvesofM.goudi(Figs1-2;max.H3.6mm, resiliferinbothvalves(Figs1c,2c).ThePleistoceneadult
max.L4.8mm)werefoundbyACJinsamplesfrombore- shellsfromBrielle(Figs1-2)arerelativelylarge(maxH3.6
64 holeZuurland-2nearBrielle(Zuid-Hollandprov.,The mm,maxL4.8mm)comparedwithRecentadults(maxH2.5
Netherlands)executedbyMrL.W.Hordijkin1988(Janse, mmandmaxL3.5mmaccordingtoVanAartsen,1997:28).
2007,2008).Thevalvesderivefromanintervalbetween101 VanAartsen’s(1997:27)statement“thevalvesareofa
and107metersbelowsurfacefromtheupperpartof subcylindricalformwhenyoungandmoreovalwhenfull-
Gelasian(EarlyPleistocene),MaassluisFormation. grown”doesnothold(comparefigs1-2,fig.3k-lof
AfossilfragmentofM.goudifromLateZancleantoEarly
PiacenzianLuchtbalMember(Pliocene),LilloFormation
Figs1-4.MontacutagoudiVanAartsen,1997.1-2,BoreholeZuurland-2,
fromtheAntwerparea,Belgium,wasfoundbyMrP.W.
from102-103mb.s.,Gelasian(MaassluisFormation),Brielle,Zuid-Hol-
Moerdijk(Middelburg,TheNetherlands).Itconcernsthe
landprov.,TheNetherlands;(RGM607.306[fig.1]and607.307[fig.2],
posteriorhalfofarightvalve(H3.0mm)foundinexcava-
collnNCBNaturalis,Leiden,TheNetherlands;L.W.Hordijkleg.,1988).
tionworksoftheDeurganckdoknearDoel(Antwerpen
1,leftvalve,H3.6mm,L4.8mm;2,rightvalve,H3.5mm,L4.4mm.3-4,
prov.,Belgium)on13.xi.2000.
Burdigalian(MisteBed,BredaFormation),Miste,Gelderlandprov.,The
Finally,aMiddleMiocenespeciesreportedbyJanssen
Netherlands(RGM225.434[fig.3]and225.433[fig.4],collnNCBNatu-
(1984:70-71,pl.4figs11-12;ourFigs3-4)fromMiste
ralis,Leiden,TheNetherlands).3,rightvalve,H2.5mm,L3.0mm
(Gelderlandprov.,TheNetherlands)as‘Tellimyasp.1’also
(Janssen,1984:pl.4fig.12);4,leftvalve,H2.6mm,L3.2mm(Janssen,
turnedouttobeindistinguishablefromM.goudi.The
1984:pl.4fig.11).PhotographsbyDr.FrankWesselingh.Fig.5.Anatina?
specieswasfoundinBurdigalianMisteBed,BredaForma-
pusillaPhilippi,1836.Tertiarydeposits,Palermo,Sicily,Italy(MB.M.6242,
tion.StudyofthematerialonwhichJanssenbasedhisde-
Paleontologicaldept.,MuseumfürNaturkundederHumboldt-Univer-
scription(6valves,max.L3.2mm;samplesRGM225.433
sität,Berlin,Germany);leftvalve,lowermarginseverelydamaged,L8.8
and225.434inthecollectionsoftheNetherlandsCentrefor
mm.PhotographsbyDrPeterBarry.
BiodiversityNaturalis,Leiden,TheNetherlands)confirmed
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Hoeksema,D.F.&Janse,A.C.–DistributionofMontacutagoudi
Margellietal.,2007:96andfigs54-57ofPeñasetal.,2009: InhisfirstSupplementtotheCragMolluscaWood(1874:
41).Previously,elongatespecimenshavebeenmisidentified 124)suggestedthatScacchiacycladia,in1851describedby
asDevoniaperrieri(Malard,1904),e.g.byRolanMosquera himasKelliacycladia,maypossiblybeconspecificwith
etal.(1990:130).DevoniaperrieridiffersfromM.goudiin Anatina?pusillaPhilippi,1836[questionmarkbyPhilippi]
beingnotswollen,inhavingsmallerumbones,inbeing fromtheNeogene,Sicily,Italy.DrsPeterBarryandThomas
edentulousandinhavingamoreorlessconcaveanterior vonRintelenkindlysentuspicturesofaleftvalve(Fig.5;
uppermargin(VanAartsen,1997:29;Tebble,1976:82,88- typespecimen?)ofA.pusillafromthepaleontologicalde-
89). partmentoftheMuseumfürNaturkundederHumboldt-
Systematics Universität,Berlin,Germany.Attheoutersurfacethevalve
showsthenumber“39.”;accordingtoDrBarrytheboxisla-
TheformaldescriptionofMontacutagoudiwaspublishedin belled“MB.M.6242”.Thestrikingsimilarityofthispicture
1997(LaConchiglia28:2-3)andnotin1996asisincorrectly andPhilippi’sdescriptionandfigure(Philippi,1836:9;tab.
recordedintheCheckListofEuropeanMarineMollusca 2fig.5;Philippi,1844:7),consideringthestrongcardinal
(clemam)http://www.somali.asso.fr/clemam/index.clemam. toothandtheextendedlowermargin,makesclearthatA.
html,consultedbytheauthorsinMay2010. pusillaandM.goudirefertodifferentspecies.
TheshellsofM.goudishowagreatvariability.VanAart- OurinvestigationsthusmakeusconcludethatMontacuta
sen(1997:28)alreadynotedtheresemblancewithKelliacy- goudiisavalidtaxon.
cladeaSowerby,1844(illustratedwithonlythenameby
Sowerby,1844:pl.637fig.6;describedin1846:63-64)(pub- Acknowledgements
licationdataaccordingtoCleevely,1974).Kelliacycladeais
synonymouswithK.cycladiaWood,1851(publishedasa WearegratefultoDrRonaldJanssen(SenckenbergMu-
66 nomennudumbyWood,1840:247;compareSowerby, seum,FrankfurtamMain,Germany),DrAnitaEschner
1844,1846,andWood,1851:122-123,pl.11fig.4).Forun- (NaturhistorischesMuseum,Wien,Austria),DrVollrath
knownreasons,SowerbyandWoodconsistentlyuseddif- Wiese(HausderNatur,Cismar,Germany),DrsPeterBarry
ferentspellings,althoughtheyknewtheirmutual andThomasvonRintelen(MuseumfürNaturkundeder
publications(compareSowerby,1846:63andWood,1851: Humboldt-Universität,Berlin,Germany),DrMartinMunt
122).DrMartinMuntkindlytriedtotracetypematerialof (TheNaturalHistoryMuseum,London,UK)andDrTony
thesetaxaintheWoodandSowerbycollectionsintheNat- Irwin(NaturalHistoryDepartment,NorwichCastleMu-
uralHistoryMuseum,London,butnospecimenscouldbe seum,Norfolk,UK)fortheireffortstotracetypematerialof
found. Philippi,SowerbyandWood.DrJohnvanAartsen,MrsTan
InhisAddendum,Wood(1874:189;addendumplatefig. Keukelaar,MrPeterMoerdijkandMrWillySegersareac-
25)introducedanotherspeciesresemblingM.goudi,namely knowledgedfortheirusefulsuggestionsandtheirkindcon-
ScacchialataWood,1874.However,Wood’s(1874)figure25 senttopublishtheirrecords.ThanksareduetoMrLeen
showsarightvalveofS.latawitharelativelystronglyde- Hordijkfortheloanofhissamplesandhiskindpermission
velopedhingeplate,afeatureunknowninM.goudi.Mate- topublishonhisvaluablematerial.FinallywethankDr
rialofS.latacouldalsonotbelocatedbyDrMunt. FrankWesselingh(NetherlandsCentreforBiodiversityNat-
WealsoaskedDrTonyIrwinfromtheNorwichCastle uralis,Leiden,TheNetherlands)forhisvaluableremarks
MuseumatNorfolk,GreatBritain,tochecktheirtypemate- onadraftofourmanuscriptandformakingliteraturere-
rialofSowerbyandWood,butthetaxawewerelookingfor sourcesandthemuseumcollectionaccessibletous.
couldnotbefound.MostlikelythetypematerialofK.cy-
cladea,K.cycladiaandS.latamustbeconsideredlost,sothat
itisimpossibletoestablishtheidentityofthesetaxa.
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