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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Limoidea: Limidae

Limatula subauriculata (Montagu, 1808)


Range: 61°N to 18°N; 93.05°W to 47°W
Depth: 65 to 1828 m

Synonymy

Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808
Lima sulcata Brown, 1827
Lima elongata Forbes, 1844
Lima conclusa Michaelis & Scherk, 1847

Details


Pecten subauriculatus Montagu, 1808,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 60°N to 18°N; 93.05°W to 67°W
Depth: 65 to 1828 m
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks
References: García (1999a) dW; Coan et al. (2000: 208)

Lima conclusa Michaelis & Scherk, 1847, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Möller
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Schiötte & Warén (1992) s (of sulcata)
Comments: Nude name.

Lima (Limatula) elongata Forbes, 1844, p. 192, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cyclades, Cerigo and Lycia, Aegean Sea; sta. X, 3 miles from NE Cape, off east coast of Naxia, 80-90 fathoms; sta. XI, 2 miles off Serpho-Poulo, 95 fathoms, etc.
Comments: Non Roemer, 1836.

Lima sulcata Brown, 1827, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Leach MS
Range: 61°N ; 47°W
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland


Partial List of References

Forbes, E. 1844. Report on the Moluusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology Report of the Thirteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 130-193.

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