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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Thracioidea: Periplomatidae

Periploma fragile (Totten, 1835)


Range: 52°N to 41.2°N; 71.5°W to 56°W
Depth: 4.5 to 128 m (live 9 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Anatina papyratia auct. non Say, 1822
Anatina fragilis Totten, 1835

Details


Anatina fragilis Totten, 1835, p. 347-348, figs. 1a-d
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Newport Harbor, Rhode Island, 15 feet
Range: 52°N to 41.2°N; 71.5°W to 56°W
Depth: 4.5 to 128 m (live 9 to 30 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: Canada: Labrador, Gulf of St. Lawrence, Quebec; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
References: Totten (1834) dM; Procter (1933) DLlNSEW

Anatina papyratia auct. non Say, 1822, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Gould (1870)
References: Procter (1933) s
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

Totten, J. G. 1835. Description of some new shells, belonging to the coast of New England. No. 2 American Journal of Science and Arts 28 347-353, 1 pl. [Stated date: -- Jul 1835.]

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