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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta: Carditoidea: Carditidae

Cyclocardia borealis (Conrad, 1832)


Range: 60°N to 35°N; 75°W to 55°W
Depth: 8 to 200 m (live 8 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Cardita borealis Conrad, 1832
Venericardia borealis (Conrad, 1832) 
Cardita vestita Deshayes, 1852
Venericardia morsei Dall, 1891

Details


Cardita borealis Conrad, 1832a, p. 39, pl. 8, fig. 1
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Massachusetts
Range: 60°N to 35°N; 75°W to 55°W
Depth: 8 to 200 m (live 8 to 50 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina
References: Procter (1933) dLl; Long Island Shell Club (1988) DN
Combining Genera:  Venericardia

Venericardia morsei Dall, 1891, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Cardita vestita Deshayes, 1852, 
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen (2005) s


Partial List of References

Conrad, T. A. 1832. American Marine Conchology 3  29-40, pls. 6-8. [Stated date: -- May 1832.]

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