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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Pholadoidea: Pholadidae

Cyrtopleura costata (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 42°N to 28°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 150  mm

Synonymy

Pholas costata Linnaeus, 1758
Capulus shreevei Conrad, 1869

Details


Pholas costatus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 669, [Gualt. test. t. 105, f. G]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Europae australis
Range: 42°N to 28°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) M

Capulus shreevei Conrad, 1869, 
[Synonym]
Comments: Apophysis was named as Capulus shreevei.


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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