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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Cuspidaria atlantica Allen & Morgan, 1981


Range: 39.94°N ; 71.06°E to 12.75°W
Depth: 530 to 530 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.1  mm

Details


Cuspidaria (Cuspidaria) atlantica Allen & Morgan, 1981, p. 455-457, figs. 21-23
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantis II, sta. 189, 23°0.0'S, 12°45.0'E, 1007-1014 m
Range: 39.94°N ; 71.06°E to 12.75°W
Depth: 530 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.1 mm
References: Allen & Morgan (1981) DdNSEWM


Partial List of References

Allen, J. A. and R. E. Morgan. 1981. The functional morphology of Atlantic deep water species of the families Cuspidariidae and Poromyidae (Bivalvia): an analysis of the evolution of the septibranch condition Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 294 413-546. [Stated date: 29 Aug 1981.]

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