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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Anomioidea: Anomiidae

Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758


Range: 56°N to 35°N; 75°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1170 m (live 0 to 585 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758
Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776

Details


Anomia squamula Linnaeus, 1758, p. 701, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Oceano Svecico
Range: 56°N to 35°N; 75°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 640 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador; USA: New York, New Jersey, North Carolina

Anomia aculeata O. F. Müller, 1776, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gmelin, 1791
Range: 50°N to 41.5°N; 71.43°W to 60°W
Depth: 0 to 1170 m (live 0 to 585 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware
References: Procter (1933) dlNSE; Clarke (1954) DLW


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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