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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Modiolinae

Geukensia granosissima (Sowerby III, 1914)


Range: 30.3°N to 20°N; 91°W to 82°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65  mm

Synonymy

Modiolaria demissa auct. non Dillwyn, 1817
Modiola plicatula auct. non Lamarck, 1819
Modiolus granosissima (Sowerby III, 1914) 
Brachydontes granosissimus Sowerby III, 1914

Details


Brachydontes granosissimus Sowerby III, 1914,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 30.3°N to 20°N; 91°W to 82°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 65 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) EM; Cooley (1978) N
Combining Genera:  Modiolus

Modiolaria demissa auct. non Dillwyn, 1817, 
[Not available]
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Modiola plicatula auct. non Lamarck, 1819, 
[Not available]
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification by Melvill (1880).



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