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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Nuculanoidea: Malletiidae

Tindariopsis sulculata (Couthouy, 1852)


Range: 55.5°S to 56°S; 68°W to 67.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Nucula sulculata Couthouy, 1852
Nuculana sulculata (Couthouy, 1852) 
Leda sulculata (Couthouy, 1852) 
Tindaria sulculata (Couthouy, 1852) 
Leda lugubris A. Adams, 1856
Leda orangica Mabille & Rochebrune, 1889

Details


Nucula sulculata Couthouy in Gould, 1852, p. 424-425, [Gould 1860, pl. 37, figs. 539, 539a-c]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Orange Harbour, Cape Horn [Tierra del Fuego, Chile]
Range: 55.5°S to 56°S; 68°W to 67.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego, Chile
References: Gould (1852) NWM; Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) SE; Bernard (1983); Villarroel & Stuardo (1998) c; Zelaya (2005b)
Comments: Gould appended '[J.P.C.]' to the description, which indicates that Couthouy wrote it.
Combining Genera:  Leda Nuculana Tindaria

Leda lugubris A. Adams, 1856c, p. 49
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Bernard (1983) s

Leda orangica Mabille & Rochebrune in Rochebrune & Mabille, 1889, p. 113, pl. 8, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Baie Orange
Range: 55.5°S to 55.5°S; 68°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Tierra del Fuego
References: Rochebrune & Mabille (1889) NSEWM; Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non Rochebrune, 1881?


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1856. Descriptions of thirty-four new species of bivalve Mollusca (Leda, Nucula, and Pythina) from the Cumingian collection Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24 47-53.
Gould, A. A. 1852. Mollusca & Shells United States Exploring Expedition 12 xv + 510 pp. Gould & Lincoln: Boston.
Rochebrune, A.-T. and J. Mabille. 1889. Mollusques Mission Scientifique du Cap Horn. 1882-1883 6 H.1-H.129, pls. 1-8

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