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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Lithophaginae

Lithophaga patagonica (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 28°S to 55.5°S; 68°W to 49°W
Depth: 20 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 56  mm

Synonymy

Lithodomus patagonica d'Orbigny, 1842
Lithodomus platensis Philippi, 1893
Lithodomus dalli Ihering, 1907

Details


Lithodomus patagonicus d'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 650-651 [1846], pl. 85, figs. 19-20 [1842]; pl. 82, figs. 24-25 [1847]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Patagonie au sud du Rio Negro, principalement à l'Ensenada de Ros (d'Orbigny 1846)]
Range: 28°S to 55.5°S; 68°W to 49°W
Depth: 20 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 56 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Santa Catarina; Argentina: Rio Negro, Chubut; Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) SW

Lithodomus patagonica dalli Ihering, 1907, p. 275-276, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Golfe de San Jorge, Rada Tilly, formation patagonienne moyenne
Comments: Described as a fossil; Lower Miocene according to Parodiz (1996).

Lithodomus platensis Philippi, 1893, 
[Synonym]


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]
Ihering, H. von. 1907. Les Mollusques fossiles du Tertiare et du Crétacé Supérieur de l'Argentine Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires (3)7 xiii + 611 pp., 18 pls.

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