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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Cardiomya cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 22°S to 54°S; 63.83°W to 41°W
Depth: 50 to 229 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Sphoenia cleryana d'Orbigny, 1842
Cuspidaria simillima E. A. Smith, 1915

Details


Sphoenia cleryana d'Orbigny, 1842d, p. 572 [1846], pl. 83, figs. 16-18 [1842]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [cap San-Thomé au Brésil, 80 m; Jamaïque; Cuba; Guadeloupe; Saint-Thomas (d'Orbigny 1846)]
Range: 22°S to 54°S; 41°W
Depth: 50 to 225 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: d'Orbigny (1846) SE
Comments: Erroneously cited as figs. 18-20 instead of 16-18 by d'Orbigny (1846).

Cuspidaria (Cardiomya) simillima E. A. Smith, 1915, p. 104-105, pl. 2, fig. 24
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sta. 42, off Rio de Janeiro, 40 fms. [22°56'S, 41°34'W]; sta. 38, west of Falkland Islands, 125 fms. [52°23'S, 63°50'W]
Range: 22.93°S to 52.38°S; 63.83°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 73 to 229 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Falkland Islands
References: E. A. Smith (1915) DdNSEWM; Poutiers & Bernard (1995) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 83-85. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1842.]
Smith, E. A. 1915. Mollusca. Part I.--Gastropoda Prosobranchia, Scaphopoda, and Pelecypoda British Antarctic ("Terra Nova") Expedition, 1910. Natural History Report. Zoology 2 61-112, pls. 1-2. British Museum (Natural History): London. [Stated date: 27 Mar 1915.]

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