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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Lithophaginae

Lithophaga bisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1853)


Range: 35°N to 8°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0 to 80 m (live 1 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45  mm

Synonymy

Modiola appendiculata Philippi, 1846
Lithodomus bisulcata d'Orbigny, 1853
Lithophagus bisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1853) 
Lithodomus biexcavata Reeve, 1857

Details


Lithodomus bisulcatus d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 333, pl. 28, figs. 14-16
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Cuba, Jamaica, Martinique, Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue
Range: 35°N to 8°S; 91°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0 to 80 m (live 1 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955); Sykes & Hall (1970); Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) D; Lyons (1989b) L; Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004) lM
Combining Genera:  Lithophagus

Modiola appendiculata Philippi, 1846, 
[Synonym]

Lithodomus biexcavata Reeve, 1857, 
[Synonym]

Lithophaga bisuculata sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling of L. bisulcata by Turgeon et al. 1988.


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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