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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Pholadoidea: Pholadidae

Zirfaea crispata (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 56°N to 39°N; 74°W to 57°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 90  mm

Details


Mya crispata Linnaeus, 1758, p. 670, [List. angl. t. 5, f. 38, app. t. 2, fig. 7]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: O. septentrionali
Range: 56°N to 39°N; 74°W to 57°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 90 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador; USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey
References: Stimpson (1851c) l
Comments: Introduced to California.


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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