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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Pandoroidea: Lyonsiidae

Lyonsia arenosa (Möller, 1842)


Range: 68°N to 44.5°N; 68°W to 52°W
Depth: 0 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15.2  mm

Synonymy

Pandorina arenosa Möller, 1842
Osteodesma aeruginosum Mighels, 1844
Lyonsia gibbosa Hancock, 1846
Lyonsia flabellata Gould, 1861
Lyonsia ventricosa Gould, 1861
Pandorina beckii Leche, 1878
Lyonsia sibirica Leche, 1883

Details


Pandorina arenosa Möller, 1842a, p. 93
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [West] Greenland
Range: 68°N to 44.5°N; 68°W to 52°W
Depth: 0 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland; Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine
References: Matthew (1874); Abbott (1974) d; Schiötte & Warén (1992) DM

Osteodesma aeruginosa Mighels, 1844, p. 187-188
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gulf of St. Lawrence
Maximum Reported Size: 15.2 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Mighels (1844) M; Bernard (1983) s

Pandorina beckii Leche, 1878, p. 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Lyonsia arenosa.

Lyonsia flabellata Gould, 1861, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Lyonsia gibbosa Hancock, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Non d'Orbigny, 1850.

Lyonsia sibirica Leche, 1883, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s

Lyonsia ventricosa Gould, 1861, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s


Partial List of References

Leche, W. 1878. Öfversigt öfver de af Svenska Expeditionerna till Novaja Semlja och Jenissej 1875 och 1876 Insamlade: Hafs-Mollusker Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar (2)16(2) 1-86, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: 12 Mar 1878.]
Mighels, J. W. 1844. [Some specimens of shells, with descriptions] Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 1 187-189.
Möller, H. P. C. 1842. Index molluscorum Groenlandiae Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift 4 76-97.

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