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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Lucinoidea: Ungulinidae

Diplodonta punctata (Say, 1822)


Range: 35°N to 54°S; 91°W to 0°W
Depth: 0.9 to 537 m (live 7 to 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Taras punctata (Say, 1822) 
Amphidesma punctatum Say, 1822
Lucina guaraniana d'Orbigny, 1842
Lucina subglobosa C. B. Adams, 1847
Diplodonta venezuelensis Dunker, 1849
Diplodonta brasiliensis Mittré, 1850
Lucina janeirensis Reeve, 1850
Diplodonta orbella auct. non Gould, 1851
Mysia pellucida Heilprin, 1889

Details


Amphidesma punctatum Say, 1822,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 54°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0.9 to 229 m (live 7 to 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Venezuela, Bermuda, Puerto Rico
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) D; Sykes & Hall (1970) Ll
Combining Genera:  Taras

Diplodonta brasiliensis Mittré, 1850, 
[Synonym]

Lucina guaraniana d'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 586 [1846], pl. 84, figs. 10-11 [1842]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated [Rio de Janeiro, Brésil (d'Orbigny 1846)]
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro

Lucina janeirensis Reeve, 1850, 
[Synonym]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W to 65°W
Distribution: Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: C. B. Adams (1852c); Dall (1900) s

Diplodonta orbella auct. non Gould, 1851, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
References: Dall (1900) s?
Comments: Misidentification.

Mysia pellucida Heilprin, 1889a, p. 141, pl. 8, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Heilprin (1889) NSEWM; Dall (1900) s

Lucina subglobosa C. B. Adams, 1847b, p. 228, not figured
[Not available]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 35°N to 18°N; 77°W
Depth: 4 to 537 m
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1852c) s (of ^L. janeirensis); Dall (1900) s
Comments: Treated as valid by Dall (1889b), but first published as a nude name (C. B. Adams, 1847b), so cannot be validated from synonymy in C. B. Adams (1852c).

Diplodonta venezuelensis Dunker, 1849, 
[Synonym]
Range: 25°N
Depth: 35 to 146 m
References: Dall (1900) s; Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1847. [Synopsis of five species of shells from Jamaica supposed to be new] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 228. [Stated date: -- Jul 1847.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]
Heilprin, A. 1889. On some new species of Mollusca from the Bermuda Islands Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 41 141-142, pl. 8.

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