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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Veneroidea: Pitarinae

Pitar dione (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 20°N to 9°N; 82°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m (live 2.5 to 2.5 m)

Synonymy

Venus dione Linnaeus, 1758
Cytherea dione (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Details


Venus dione Linnaeus, 1758, p. 684, [Figures of several earlier authors cited]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: O. Americae
Range: 20°N to 9°N; 82°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m (live 2.5 m)
Combining Genera:  Cytherea


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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