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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Protocuspidaria verityi Allen & Morgan, 1981


Range: 36.6°N to 22.7831°S; 68.48°E to 11.58°W
Depth: 750 to 4667 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Details


Protocuspidaria (Protocuspidaria) verityi Allen & Morgan, 1981, p. 496-497, figs. 61-62
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantis II, sta. 167, 7°58.0'S, 34°17.0'W to 7°50.0'S, 34°17.0'W, 943-1007 m
Range: 36.6°N to 22.7831°S; 68.48°E to 11.58°W
Depth: 750 to 4667 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Allen & Morgan (1981) DNEWM; Scarabino (2003); Oliveira & Absalao (2009) dS


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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