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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Thracioidea: Periplomatidae

Periploma aleuticum (Krause, 1885)


Range: 44.33°N to 36°N; 76°W to 57.19°W
Depth: 185 to 2295 m (live 1657 to 1657 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Anatina fragilis auct. non Totten, 1835
Anatina aleutica Krause, 1885
Periploma abyssorum A. E. Verrill, 1893
Periploma alaskanum Williams, 1940
Periploma subfragile Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988

Details


Anatina aleutica Krause, 1885,
[Basis of the current name]

Periploma abyssorum A. E. Verrill in Bush, 1893, p. 227-228, pl. 2, figs. 12-13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: East of Banquereau to off Chesapeake Bay [Albatross sta. 2484, east of Banquereau Bank, Nova Scotia, 204 fathoms (by lectotype designation of Johnson 1989)]
Range: 44.33°N to 36°N; 76°W to 57.19°W
Depth: 185 to 2295 m (live 1657 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Virginia, North Carolina
References: Verrill in Bush (1893) DdlNSEWM; Coan et al. (2000) s

Periploma alaskanum Williams, 1940, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Anatina fragilis auct. non Totten, 1835, 
[Not available]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Periploma subfragile Scarlato & Kafanov, 1988, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s?


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1893. Report on the Mollusca dredged by the 'Blake' in 1880, including descriptions of several new species Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 23 199-244, pls. 1-2. [Stated date: -- Jan 1893.]

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