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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Gastrochaenoidea: Gastrochaenidae

Spengleria rostrata (Spengler, 1783)


Range: 26°N to 18°S; 66.5°W to 38°W
Depth: 10 to 57 m
Maximum Reported Size: 24  mm

Synonymy

Chaena rostrata Spengler, 1783
Gastrochaena chemnitziana d'Orbigny, 1853

Details


Chaena rostrata Spengler, 1783,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 26°N to 18°S; 66.5°W to 38°W
Depth: 10 to 57 m
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Bermuda

Gastrochaena chemnitziana d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 229, pl. 25, figs. 29-30
[Synonym]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Saint-Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: d'Orbigny (1853) M
Comments: Spelled chemnitziana in text and on plate; chemnitzia in index.


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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