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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Tellininae

Eurytellina nitens (C. B. Adams, 1845)


Range: 35°N to 23°S; 94°W to 39.5°W
Depth: 1 to 120 m
Maximum Reported Size: 39  mm

Synonymy

Tellina nitens C. B. Adams, 1845
Tellina carolinensis Dall, 1889
Tellina georgiana Dall, 1900

Details


Tellina nitens C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 10, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 35°N to 23°S; 94°W to 39.5°W
Depth: 1 to 120 m
Maximum Reported Size: 39 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Texas; Jamaica
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) c

Tellina carolinensis Dall, 1889, 
[Not available]
Comments: Nude name.

Tellina georgiana Dall, 1900, 
[Synonym]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W to 67°W
Depth: 2 m


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]

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