Figure 11 in Lucinidae (Bivalvia) - the most diverse group of chemosymbiotic molluscs

Figure 11. Posterior apertures of a range of lucinid species. All SEMs of critical point dried specimens. A, Anodontia omissa (Iredale, 1930), Moreton Bay Queensland; B, Phacoides pectinatus (Gmelin, 1792), Brazil; C, Bathyaustriella thionipta (Glover et al., 2004), Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand; D, Ctena bella (Conrad, 1837), Lizard Island, Queensland; E, Pillucina vietnamica Zorina, 1978, Port Douglas, Queensland; F, Wallucina assimilis (Angas, 1867), Jervis Bay, New South Wales; G, Lucina adansoni d'Orbigny, 1839, Cape Verde Islands. H, Cardiolucina pisiformis (Thiele, 1930), Shark Bay, Western Australia; I, Myrtea spinifera (Montagu, 1803), Oban Scotland. Images adjusted to similar scale. Abbreviations: ex, exhalant aperture; in, inhalant aperture; p, papillae; vf, ventral mantle fusion.