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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Protocuspidaria simplis Allen & Morgan, 1981


Range: 37.4°N to 36.41°N; 67.93°W to 8.56°W
Depth: 4749 to 4825 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.4  mm

Details


Protocuspidaria (Edentaria) simplis Allen & Morgan, 1981, p. 498-499, fig. 63
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jean Charcot, sta. KR33, 47°30.4'N, 9°06.9'W, 2963 m
Range: 37.4°N to 36.41°N; 67.93°W to 8.56°W
Depth: 4749 to 4825 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.4 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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