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Bivalvia: : Nuculanoidea: Nuculanidae

Adrana patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1846)


Range: 22.93°S to 41°S; 45.23°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 18 to 110 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Nucula lanceolata auct. non Lamarck, 1819
Leda patagonica d'Orbigny, 1846
Leda planulata Sowerby II, 1871
Nuculana janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915
Leda janeiroensis (E. A. Smith, 1915) 
Adrana schuberti Lange de Morretes, 1940

Details


Leda patagonica d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 544, [d'Orbigny 1847, pl. 82, figs. 1-3]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: sur les banc du fond de la Bahia San-Blas, en Patagonie; fossile dans les terrains soulevés très-voisins
Range: 23°S to 41°S; 43°W
Depth: 40 to 110 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires

Nuculana (Adrana) janeiroensis E. A. Smith, 1915, p. 98, pl. 2, fig. 16
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Rio de Janeiro, 40 fms., 22°56'S, 41°34'W
Range: 22.93°S to 23.7°S; 45.23°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 18 to 103 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: E. A. Smith (1915) NEM; Fischer-Piette (1974) DdSW
Combining Genera:  Leda

Nucula lanceolata auct. non Lamarck, 1819, 
[Not available]
References: d'Orbigny (1846) s
Comments: Misidentification by d'Orbigny (1842d).

Leda planulata Sowerby II, 1871, 
[Synonym]

Adrana schuberti Lange de Morretes, 1940, 
[Synonym]
References: Fischer-Piette (1974) s (of L. janeiroensis)


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]
Smith, E. A. 1915. Mollusca. Part I.--Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology 2 61-112, pls. 1-2. British Museum (Natural History): London. [Stated date: 27 Mar 1915.]

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