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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Arcticoidea: Arcticidae

Arctica islandica (Linnaeus, 1767)


Range: 48°N to 35°N; 75°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 146 m (live 8 to 61 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 100  mm

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Venus islandica Linnaeus, 1767,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 48°N to 35°N; 75°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 146 m (live 8 to 61 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 100 mm
Distribution: Canada: Gulf of St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina
References: Procter (1933) Nl; Long Island Shell Club (1988) dL



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