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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Donacidae

Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758


Range: 25°N to 10°S; 87.95°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23  mm

Synonymy

Chion denticulatus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Donax denticulatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cuneus truncatus da Costa, 1778
Donax crenulatus Donovan, 1800
Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818
Donax sexradiatus Wood, 1828
Donax stephaniae Petuch, 1992

Details


Donax denticulata Linnaeus, 1758, p. 683, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: M. Mediterraneo
Range: 25°N to 10°S; 87.95°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Honduras, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela, Bahamas: New Providence; Jamaica, Nevis; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad, Tobago; Brazil: Para, Ceara, Alagoas
References: Morrison (1971) NW
Combining Genera:  Chion

Donax caianensis Lamarck, 1818, 
[Synonym]

Donax cayanensis sic, 
[Not available]
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: St. Lucia, Brazil: Bahia
References: d'Orbigny (1846) M; Morrison (1971) s
Comments: Error for D. caianensis by d'Orbigny (1846: 540).

Donax cayenensis sic, 
[Not available]
References: Morrison (1971) s
Comments: Error for D. caianensis by Tryon (1869).

Donax cayennensis sic, 
[Not available]
References: Morrison (1971) s
Comments: Error for D. caianensis by Hanley (1843: 82).

Donax crenulatus Donovan, 1800a,  pl. 24, 5 figs.
[Synonym]
Type Locality: western coasts of England, Ireland and Scotland [in error, Western Atlantic]
References: Morrison (1971) s

Donax sexradiatus Wood, 1828, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Gray MS

Donax denticulatus stephaniae Petuch, 1992a, p. 11, fig. 12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Northern tip of Crasquì, Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela
Range: 12°N ; 67°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Islas Los Roques
References: Petuch (1992a) DdNSEWM

Cuneus truncatus da Costa, 1778, 
[Synonym]
References: Morrison (1971) s


Partial List of References

Donovan, E. 1800. The Natural History of British Shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systemically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each Natural History of British Shells 1 [??], pls. 19-35. Author and F. and C. Rivington: London.
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Petuch, E. J. 1992. New mollusks from Los Roques Archipelago, Venezuela, an isolated Caribbean atoll La Conchiglia 23(262) 5-11. [Stated date: -- Mar 1992.]

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