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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Pectinoidea: Pectinidae

Laevichlamys multisquamata (Dunker, 1864)


Range: 28°N to 11.38°S; 94°W to 37.17°W
Depth: 1.5 to 232 m (live 50 to 51 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 70  mm

Synonymy

Chlamys multisquamata (Dunker, 1864) 
Pecten multisquamatus Dunker, 1864
Pecten effluens Dall, 1886
Chlamys effluens (Dall, 1886) 

Details


Pecten multisquamatus Dunker, 1864,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 28°N to 11.38°S; 94°W to 37.17°W
Depth: 1.5 to 61 m (live 50 to 51 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 70 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Honduras, Panama; ABC Islands: Bonaire; Bermuda, Bahamas, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados, Brazil: Sergipe
References: Boone (1978) NW; Sunderland & Cahill (1990) d; Waller (1993) cLSEMT; Smith, Jackson & Fortunato (2006); García (2007b) l
Combining Genera:  Chlamys

Pecten effluens Dall, 1886, 
[Synonym]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Depth: 15 to 232 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13.2 mm
References: Dall (1886) D; Waller (1993) sMT
Comments: Dall (1886, 1889) incorrectly gave the size as 26 mm (Waller, 1993).
Combining Genera:  Chlamys



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