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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Semelidae

Cumingia tellinoides (Conrad, 1831)


Range: 45°N to 26.5°N; 82.7°W to 66°W
Depth: 0 to 7 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Details


Mactra tellinoides Conrad, 1831a, p. 258, pl. 11, fig. 2-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Holme's Hole, Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Florida
Range: 45°N to 26.5°N; 82.7°W to 66°W
Depth: 0 to 7 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Florida: East Florida, West Florida
References: Conrad (1837: 234) c; Perry & Schwengel (1955) S; Sykes & Hall (1970) W; Long Island Shell Club (1988) D


Partial List of References

Conrad, T. A. 1831. Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 256-268, pl. 11. [Stated date: -- Mar 1831; true date: -- Apr 1831.]

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