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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Cardiomya ornatissima (d'Orbigny, 1853)


Range: 35°N to 2°S; 92°W to 0°W
Depth: 34 to 620 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Sphena ornatissima d'Orbigny, 1853
Neaera costata Bush, 1885
Cardiomya glypta Bush, 1898

Details


Sphena ornatissima d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 286, pl. 27, figs. 13-16
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Thomas and Cuba
Range: 35°N to 2°S; 92°W to 46°W
Depth: 34 to 620 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Cuba; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe, Martinique
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965) W; Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004); Knudsen (2005) Dd
Comments: Depths less than 34 m need confirmation (see Knudsen 2005, p. 130).

Neaera costata Bush, 1885, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
References: Poutiers & Bernard (1995) s
Comments: Non Sowerby, 1834.

Cardiomya glypta Bush, 1898, 
[Synonym]
Range: 35°N to 18°N
Depth: 227 m
Distribution: USA: Florida: Dry Tortugas
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004)


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?.

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