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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Cuspidarioidea: Cuspidariidae

Myonera demistriata (Allen & Morgan, 1981)


Range: 39.43°N to 37.68°S; 70.55°W to 52.32°W
Depth: 1153 to 3906 m (live 3906 to 1153 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9.1  mm

Details


Cuspidaria (Myonera) demistriata Allen & Morgan, 1981, p. 469-470, figs. 33-34
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantis II, sta. 256, 37°40.9'S, 52°19.3'W, 3906 m
Range: 39.43°N to 37.68°S; 70.55°W to 52.32°W
Depth: 1153 to 3906 m (live 3906 to 1153 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9.1 mm
Distribution: Bermuda, Argentina
References: Allen & Morgan (1981) DdLlNSEWM


Partial List of References

Allen, J. A. and R. E. Morgan. 1981. The functional morphology of Atlantic deep water species of the families Cuspidariidae and Poromyidae (Bivalvia): an analysis of the evolution of the septibranch condition Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 294 413-546. [Stated date: 29 Aug 1981.]

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