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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Protocuspidaria atlantica Allen & Morgan, 1981


Range: 39.62°N to 22.8014°S; 66.78°W to 10.33°W
Depth: 900 to 3806 m (live 4706 to 1150 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.4  mm

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Protocuspidaria (Bidentaria) atlantica Allen & Morgan, 1981, p. 499-503, figs. 64-67
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Discovery, sta. 6696, 28°06.0'N, 13°28.0'W, 1780 m
Range: 39.62°N to 22.8014°S; 66.78°W to 10.33°W
Depth: 900 to 3806 m (live 4706 to 1150 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7.4 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Allen & Morgan (1981) DLlNEWM; Oliveira & Absalao (2009) dS


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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