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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Thracioidea: Laternulidae

Laternula elliptica (King & Broderip, 1832)


Range: 60°S to 60°S; 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 60  mm

Details


Anatina elliptica King & Broderip, 1832, p. 335, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'ad oras Antarcticas (New South Shetland)'
Range: 60°S to 60°S
Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm
Distribution: Subantarctic: South Orkney Islands, South Shetland Islands
References: King & Broderip (1832) M


Partial List of References

King, P. P. and W. J. Broderip. 1832. Description of the Cirrhipeda, Conchifera and Mollusca, in a collection formed by the officers of H.M.S. Adventure and Beagle employed between the years 1826 and 1830 in surveying the southern coasts of South America Zoological Journal 5 332-349.

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