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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Pandoroidea: Lyonsiidae

Entodesma beana (d'Orbigny, 1853)


Range: 35°N to 4°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 5.5 to 90 m (live 5.5 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Osteodesma braziliense Gould, 1850
Lyonsia beana d'Orbigny, 1853
Osteodesma orbignyi Fischer, 1857
Lyonsia beaui Maury, 1920

Details


Lyonsia beana d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 225, pl. 25, figs. 26-28
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Antilles
Range: 35°N to 4°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 5.5 to 90 m (live 5.5 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina; Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Bermuda, Brazil
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955); Lyons et al. (1971) dl; Prezant (1981) cNM; Lyons (1989b) Dl

Lyonsia beaui Maury, 1920, 
[Synonym]
Comments: Unjustified emendation of beana.

Lyonsia beauii sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for beana by Arango (1880).

Osteodesma braziliense Gould, 1850, 
[Synonym]
References: Prezant (1981) s

Osteodesma orbignyi Fischer, 1857, 
[Synonym]
References: Prezant (1981) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?.

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