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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Veneroidea: Tapetinae

Liocyma fluctuosa (Gould, 1841)


Range: 75°N to 44.3°N; 68.2°W to 24°W
Depth: 18 to 91 m

Synonymy

Venus fluctuosa Gould, 1841
Tapes fluctuosa (Gould, 1841) 
Venus astartoides Middendorff, 1849
Tapes arcticus Reeve, 1864
Liocyma beckii Dall, 1870
Liocyma scammoni Dall, 1871
Liocyma viridis Dall, 1871
Liocyma brunnea Dall, 1902
Liocyma aniwana Dall, 1907
Liocyma schefferi Bartsch & Rehder, 1939
Liocyma hokkaidoensis Habe, 1951
Gomphina praefluctuosa Krishtofovich, 1968
Liocyma subaniwana Khomenko, 1981

Details


Venus fluctuosa Gould, 1841,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 75°N to 44.3°N; 68.2°W to 24°W
Depth: 18 to 91 m
Distribution: Greenland: East Greenland; Canada: Labrador, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine
References: Posselt (1896) NE; Procter (1933) DdSW
Comments: Nude name in Gould (1838). Not recorded living in New England (Procter, 1933).
Combining Genera:  Tapes

Liocyma aniwana Dall, 1907, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s (of L. viridis); Coan et al. (2000) s

Tapes arcticus Reeve, 1864, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Venus astartoides Middendorff, 1849, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Beck MS
References: Middendorff (1849c: 572); Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma beckii Dall, 1870, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma fluctuosa var. brunnea Dall, 1902b, p. 378, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Gulf of St. Lawrence [Canada]
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma hokkaidoensis Habe, 1951, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s (of L. viridis); Coan et al. (2000) s

Gomphina praefluctuosa Krishtofovich, 1968, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma scammoni Dall, 1871, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma schefferi Bartsch & Rehder, 1939, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s; Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma subaniwana Khomenko, 1981, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s (of L. viridis); Coan et al. (2000) s

Liocyma viridis Dall, 1871, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) v; Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1902. Synopsis of the family Veneridae and of the North American Recent species Proceedings of the United States National Museum 26(1312) 335-412, pl. 12-16. [True date: 29 Dec 1902.]

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