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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Arcoidea: Arcidae

Arca pectinoides King & Broderip, 1832
Dubious name


Range: 23°S to 23°S; 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 32  mm

Details


Arca pectinoides King & Broderip, 1832, p. 336-337, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'ad Rio de Janeiro'
Range: 23°S to 23°S
Maximum Reported Size: 32 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: King & Broderip (1832) NSM


Partial List of References

King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349.

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