Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: : Plicatuloidea: Plicatulidae

Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801

Range: 35.3°N to 34°S; 94°W to 35.3°W
Depth: 0 to 120 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm

Synonymy

Plicatula penicillata auct. non Carpenter,
Ostrea spondyloidea Meuschen, 1781
Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801
Plicatula cristata auct. non Lamarck, 1819
Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819
Plicatula mantilla auct. non Lea, 1833
Plicatula imbricata auct. non Menke, 1843
Plicatula barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1846
Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874
Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925
Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964
Plicatula venezuelensis Weisbord, 1964

Details

Plicatula gibbosa Lamarck, 1801,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 34°S; 92.3°W to 35.3°W
Depth: 0 to 120 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Bermuda
References: Rice & Kornicker (1965) W; Sykes & Hall (1970) l; Lyons (1989b) L

Plicatula barbadensis d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 669, [Petiver pl. 24, fig. 12; Sloane pl. 241, figs. 20-21; Chemnitz 1784, pl. 47, figs. 479-482]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Petiver
Type Locality: Antilles; toute la côte du Brésil, jusqu'à Rio de Janeiro; Patagonie
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: d'Orbigny (1846) M; E. A. Smith (1915) s

Plicatula caribbeana Weisbord, 1964,
[Synonym]
References: Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979) s

Plicatula cristata auct. non Lamarck, 1819,
[Not available]
References: Dall (1898b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Gabb (1873: 257).

Plicatula imbricata auct. non Menke, 1843,
[Not available]
References: Abbott (1974) s
Comments: Misidentification by Sowerby (1873), attributed to Reeve by Abbott (1974).

Plicatula mantilla auct. non Lea, 1833,
[Not available]
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Plicatula mesembrina Dall, 1925,
[Synonym]
References: Scarabino (2003)

Plicatula penicillata auct. non Carpenter, ,
[Not available]
Range: 9°N ; 82°W
Comments: Misidentification.

Plicatula ramosa Lamarck, 1819,
[Synonym]
Range: 35.3°N to 22.93°S; 94°W to 41.57°W
Depth: 73 m
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Georgia; Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Barbados, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Dall (1889b) NW; E. A. Smith (1915) DdSE

Ostrea spondyloidea Meuschen, 1781,
[Not available]
References: Krebs (1864)
Comments: Non-binominal.

Plicatula venezuelensis Weisbord, 1964,
[Synonym]
References: Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979) s

Plicatula vexillata Guppy, 1874,
[Synonym]
References: Dall (1898b) s

Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]

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