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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Semelidae

Cumingia coarctata Sowerby I, 1833


Range: 29°N to 10°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 60 m (live 4 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Cumingia coarctata Sowerby I, 1833
Cumingia antillarum A. Adams, 1850
Lavignon antillarum d'Orbigny, 1853
Lavignon petitiana d'Orbigny, 1853

Details


Cumingia coarctata Sowerby I, 1833,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 29°N to 10°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 2 to 60 m (live 4 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Bermuda
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) M; Lyons et al. (1971) dLlN

Cumingia antillarum A. Adams, 1850a, p. 24-25
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: West Indies
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s

Lavignon antillarum d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 236, pl. 25, figs. 36-38
[Synonym]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Saint-Domingue
Range: 21.4°N to 18°N; 86.8°W to 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Dominican Republic
References: d'Orbigny (1853) M; Ekdale (1974) NW

Lavignon petitiana d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 236, pl. 25, figs. 33-35
[Synonym]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Guadeloupe
Range: 16.5°N ; 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Guadeloupe
References: d'Orbigny (1853) M


Partial List of References

Adams, A. 1850. Description of new species of the genus Cumingia, with some additional generic characters Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18 24-25, pl. 8.
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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