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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Mytilinae

Brachidontes domingensis (Lamarck, 1819)


Range: 32°N to 14°N; 91°W to 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Mytilus domingensis Lamarck, 1819
Mytilus lavalleanus d'Orbigny, 1853
Brachidontes rosaceus Usticke, 1969

Details


Mytilus domingensis Lamarck, 1819,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 32°N to 18°N; 91°W to 67°W
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Bermuda

Mytilus dominguensis sic, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Comments: Error for domingensis by d'Orbigny (1846).

Mytilus lavalleanus d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 328-329, pl. 28, figs. 3-5
[Synonym]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Cuba and Sainte-Lucie
Range: 20°N to 14°N; 74°W to 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Cuba, St. Lucia
Comments: Spelled lavalleanus in text and index, lavelleanus on plate.

Mytilus lavelleanus sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Original misspelling of lavalleanus.

Brachidontes rosaceus Usticke, 1969, 
[Synonym]
References: Usticke (1971) s (of B. lavalleanus)


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?.

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