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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Solecurtidae

Tagelus plebeius (Lightfoot, 1786)


Range: 42°N to 54°S; 88.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 10 m
Maximum Reported Size: 118.5  mm

Synonymy

Solen plebeius Lightfoot, 1786
Solen gibbus Spengler, 1794
Solen caribaeus Lamarck, 1818
Solecurtus platensis d'Orbigny, 1846
Tagelus entrerianus Ihering, 1907

Details


Solen plebeius Lightfoot, 1786, p. 42, 100, [Lister 421.265]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated
Range: 42°N to 54°S; 88.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 10 m
Maximum Reported Size: 118.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas
References: Long Island Shell Club (1988); Rosenthal (2007) M
Comments: Lot numbers 1005 and 2232 in Lightfoot (1786).

Solen caribaeus Lamarck, 1818, 
[Synonym]

Tagelus gibbus entrerianus Ihering, 1907, p. 387, [Borchert 1901, pl. 3, fig. 26]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Paraná [Entre Rios (Parodiz 1996)]

Solen gibbus Spengler, 1794, 
[Synonym]
Range: 40°N to 37.1°N; 76°W to 74°W
Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Virginia
References: B. B. Baker (1951) SW

Solecurtus platensis d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 523, [d'Orbigny 1847, pl. 81, fig. 23]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro, Brésil; Maldonado et à Montevideo, Uruguay
Range: 23°S to 35°S; 56°W to 43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 73 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Uruguay
References: d'Orbigny (1846) NSEWM; Dall (1891c) s (of T. caribbaeus)


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.]
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.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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