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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Poromyoidea: Poromyidae

Poromya granulata (Nyst & Westendorp, 1839)


Range: 66.58°N to 13.2°N; 59.6°W to 0°W
Depth: 183 to 682 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Corbula granulata Nyst & Westendorp, 1839
Poromya anatinoides Forbes, 1844
Poromya rotundata Jeffreys, 1876
Poromya triangularis Dall, 1881

Details


Corbula granulata Nyst & Westendorp, 1839,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 66.58°N to 65.27°N; 56.63°W to 0°W
Depth: 599 to 682 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Greenland: West Greenland
References: Allen & Morgan (1981) DdNSEW
Comments: Knudsen (2005) rejects Caribbean region records, but does not address the status of Poromya granulata triangularis Dall, 1881. The Brazilian records of Rios (1975) need confirmation.

Poromya anatinoides Forbes, 1844, p. 191, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Asia Minor, Cyclades; sta. XV, 4 miles off Milo, 150 fathoms
References: Allen & Morgan (1981) s

Poromya rotundata Jeffreys, 1876, 
[Synonym]
References: Poutiers & Bernard (1995) s

Poromya triangularis Dall, 1881, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Range: 13.2°N ; 59.6°W
Depth: 183 m
Distribution: Barbados


Partial List of References

Forbes, E. 1844. Report on the Moluusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology Report of the Thirteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 130-193.

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