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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Mactroidea: Mactridae

Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)


Range: 18°N to 28°S; 77°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Mactra cleryana d'Orbigny, 1846
Mactra guadelupensis Récluz, 1852
Mulinea portoricensis Shuttleworth, 1856
Gnathodon cantrainei Sowerby II, 1873
Mulinia branneri Dall, 1901

Details


Mactra cleryana d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 510, not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: environs de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil [Brazil]
Range: 11°N to 28°S
Maximum Reported Size: 32 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro

Mulinia branneri Dall, 1901, 
[Synonym]

Gnathodon cantrainei Sowerby II, 1873, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Récluz MS
References: Lamy (1917) s

Mactra donacaeformis sic, 
[Not available]
References: Lamy (1917) s
Comments: Misspelling and misidentification of Mulinia donaciformis Gray, 1837 by Krebs (1864).

Mactra guadelupensis Récluz, 1852, 
[Synonym]

Mulinea portoricensis Shuttleworth, 1856, p. 174-175, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Portorico [Puerto Rico]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico
References: Shuttleworth (1856) SEM


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.]
Shuttleworth, R. J. 1856. Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 168-175.

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