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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Veneroidea: Chioninae

Anomalocardia brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 18°N to 39°S; 82°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0.3 to 5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 38  mm

Synonymy

Venus flexuosa auct. non Linnaeus, 1767
Venus brasiliana Gmelin, 1791
Chione brasiliana (Gmelin, 1791) 
Venus lunularis Lamarck, 1818
Venus macrodon Lamarck, 1818

Details


Venus brasiliana Gmelin, 1791,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 18°N to 35°S; 82°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0.3 to 5 m
Maximum Reported Size: 34 mm
Combining Genera:  Chione

Venus flexuosa auct. non Linnaeus, 1767, 
[Not available]
Range: 14.5°N to 39°S; 61°W to 43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
Distribution: Martinique, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: d'Orbigny (1846) NSEWM; Palmer (1927) s; Castellanos (1970) s
Comments: Misidentification by Born (1780).

Venus lunularis Lamarck, 1818, 
[Synonym]
References: Dall (1902b) s

Venus macrodon Lamarck, 1818, 
[Synonym]
References: Palmer (1927) s



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