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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Tellininae

Strigilla carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 25.7°N to 35°S; 87.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758
Lucina carnaria (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Cardium carneosum da Costa, 1779
Tellina areolata Menke, 1847
Strigilla rombergii Mörch, 1853

Details


Tellina carnaria Linnaeus, 1758, p. 676-677, [List. angl. t. 4, f. 25; Gualt. test. t. 77, f. 1]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Oceani brevibus
Range: 25.7°N to 35°S; 87.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Bimini; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola; St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Kitts/St. Christopher, Nevis, Guadeloupe, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo; Uruguay, Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: Lamarck (1818: 542); Boss (1969) NSM
Combining Genera:  Lucina

Tellina areolata Menke, 1847, 
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [restricted to Barbados by Boss (1969)]
References: Boss (1969) s

Cardium carneosum da Costa, 1779, 
[Synonym]
References: Boss (1969) s

Strigilla rombergii Mörch, 1853, 
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [restricted to Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil by Boss (1969)]
References: Boss (1969) s


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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