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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cyamioidea: Cyamiidae

Kidderia pusilla (Gould, 1850)


Range: 52°S to 55.5°S; 68°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Modiolarca pusilla (Gould, 1850) 
Mytilus pusillus Gould, 1850
Kidderia minuta Dall, 1876
Modiolarca bicolor Martens, 1885
Cyamium imitans Pfeffer, 1886
Cyamium decoratum Melvill & Standen, 1914

Details


Mytilus pusillus Gould, 1850,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 54°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Straits of Magellan
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEW; Bernard (1983)
Combining Genera:  Modiolarca

Modiolarca bicolor Martens, 1885, p. 93, [Martens & Pfeffer, 1886, pl. 4, fig. 12a-d]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Süd-Georgien [South Georgia]
Range: 54°S to 54°S; 38°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Martens (1885) NSEWM; Bernard (1983) s

Cyamium (Cyamionema) decoratum Melvill & Standen, 1914, p. 131-132, pl. 7, fig. 5-5b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: N.W. Falklands
Range: 52°S to 52°S; 60°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Falkland Islands
References: Melvill & Standen (1914) NSEWM; Bernard (1983) s

Cyamium imitans Pfeffer, 1886, p. 115-117, pl. 4, fig. 5a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Süd-Georgien [South Georgia]
Range: 54°S to 54°S; 38°W
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Georgia
References: Martens & Pfeffer (1886) NSEW; Bernard (1983) s

Kidderia minuta Dall, 1876, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s


Partial List of References

Martens, [E.] von. 1885. Vorläufige Mittheilungen über die Molluskenfauna von Süd-Georgien Sitzungs-Bericht der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde 1885(3) 89-94. [Stated date: 17 Mar 1885.]
Melvill, J. C. and R. Standen. 1914. Notes on Mollusca collected in the North-west Falklands by Mr. Rupert Vallentin, F.L.S., with descriptions of six new species Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)13 110-137, pl. 7. [Stated date: -- Jan 1914.]
Pfeffer, G. 1886. Mollusken, Krebse und Echinodermen von Cumberland-Sund nach der Ausbeute der deutschen Nordexpedition 1882 und 1883 Jahrbuch der Hamburgischen Wissenschaftlichen Anstalten 3 23-50, 1 pl.

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