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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Pectinoidea: Pectinidae

Caribachlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819)


Range: 26°N to 4°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0.3 to 180 m (live 1 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Chlamys ornata (Lamarck, 1819) 
Pecten ornatus Lamarck, 1819

Details


Pecten ornatus Lamarck, 1819,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 26°N to 4°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0.3 to 180 m (live 1 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Belize; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire; Venezuela, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: Virgin Gorda; St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Eustatius, Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Brazil: Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha
References: Waller (1993) cDLMT; Redfern (2001) l
Comments: Bermudan records are doubtful (Waller, 1993).
Combining Genera:  Chlamys



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