A New Species of Solemyid Bivalve from near Submarine Fumaroles in Kagoshima Bay, Japan

Abstract

A new species, Solemya tagiri is described from near submarine fumaroles in shallow water in Kagoshima Bay, southern Kyushu, Japan. It is a small species of Solemya (s.s.), with a ligament lying between the postero-dorsal margin and the resilifer and a varnished yellowish periostracum ornamented by fine, reddish radiating lines. This species is associated with a chemosynthetic environment, together with a pogonophoran, Lamellibrachia satsuma.