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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Opponobranchia: Nuculoidea: Nuculidae

Brevinucula verrillii (Dall, 1886)


Range: 39.73°N to 15°S; 86°W to 0°W
Depth: 538 to 4749 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Nucula trigona A. E. Verrill, 1885
Nucula verrillii Dall, 1886
Nucula guineensis Thiele, 1934
Nucula aequalis Barnard, 1964

Details


Nucula verrillii Dall, 1886,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 39.73°N to 15°S; 86°W to 0°W
Depth: 538 to 4749 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey; Gulf of Mexico, Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Bermuda, Surinam, Brazil: Ceara
References: Dall (1927) dNW; Schenck (1934) c; Rhind & Allen (1992) DE
Comments: Knudsen's record at 12°S off Brazil needs confirmation (Rhind & Allen, 1992).

Nucula aequalis Barnard, 1964, 
[Synonym]
References: Knudsen (1970) s

Nucula guineensis Thiele, 1934, 
[Synonym]
References: Rhind & Allen (1992) s

Nucula trigona A. E. Verrill, 1885, 
[Synonym]
Comments: Non Bronn, 1849, nec Seguenza, 1877.



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