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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Pholadoidea: Pholadidae

Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791


Range: 35°N to 31°S; 91°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 108  mm

Synonymy

Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791
Phragmopholas campechiensis (Gmelin, 1791) 
Pholas oblongata Say, 1822
Thovana oblongata (Say, 1822) 
Pholas candeana d'Orbigny, 1847

Details


Pholas campechiensis Gmelin, 1791,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 31°S; 91°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 108 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas
Combining Genera:  Phragmopholas

Dactylina campechensis sic, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Tryon (1862)
Comments: Error for campechiensis.

Pholas candeana d'Orbigny, 1847b, p. 215, pl. 25, figs. 18-19
[Synonym]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Florida, Havana, Cuba and Martinique
Range: 25°N to 14.8°N; 82.5°W to 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; Cuba: North Havana Province; Martinique
References: Turner (1954) s

Pholas oblongata Say, 1822, 
[Synonym]
References: Turner (1954) s
Combining Genera:  Thovana


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 129-224, pls. 22-25?. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: pre May?]

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