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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Chamoidea: Chamidae

Arcinella arcinella (Linnaeus, 1767)


Range: 23°N to 24.8°S; 93.62°W to 37°W
Depth: 2 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 53.3  mm

Synonymy

Echinochama arcinella (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Chama arcinella Linnaeus, 1767
Chama satiata Linnaeus, 1767
Arcinella spinosa Schumacher, 1817

Details


Chama arcinella Linnaeus, 1767,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 23°N to 24.8°S; 93.62°W to 37°W
Depth: 2 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 53.3 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Zulia; Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Martinique; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Nicol (1952) M; Nicol (1953) S
Comments: Records of this species from the United States are Arcinella cornuta, according to Nicol (1952).
Combining Genera:  Echinochama

Chama satiata Linnaeus, 1767, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Nicol (1952) s?

Arcinella spinosa Schumacher, 1817, 
[Objective synonym of valid name]



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