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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Gastrochaenoidea: Gastrochaenidae

Gastrochaena hians (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 35°N to 35.25°S; 91°W to 38°W
Depth: 1 to 80 m (live 1 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Gastrochaena cuneiformis auct. non Spengler, 1783
Pholas hians Gmelin, 1791
Gastrochaena ovata auct. non Sowerby I, 1834

Details


Pholas hians Gmelin, 1791,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 35.25°S; 91°W to 38°W
Depth: 1 to 80 m (live 1 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Bermuda, Brazil: Ceara, Abrolhos Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo; Uruguay
References: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) D; Zaffaroni (1991) S; Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004) dLl

Gastrochaena cuneiformis auct. non Spengler, 1783, 
[Not available]
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1889b).

Gastrochaena ovata auct. non Sowerby I, 1834, 
[Not available]
References: Valentich-Scott (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification by Coan, Valentich-Scott & Bernard (2000: 494).



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