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: Euheterodonta: Dreissenoidea: Dreissenidae

Mytilopsis leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)

Range: 41°N to 22.3°N; 97.8°W to 74°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm

Synonymy

Congeria leucophaeata (Conrad, 1831)
Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831
Dreissenia cochleata (Kickx, 1835)
Mytilina cochleata (Kickx, 1835)
Tichogonia cochleata (Kickx, 1835)
Dreissena cochleata (Kickx, 1835)
Congeria cochleata (Kickx, 1835)
Mytilus cochleatus Kickx, 1835
Dreissenia cumingiana Dunker, 1855
Tichogonia americana (Reeve, 1858)
Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858
Mytilus tenebrosus Reeve, 1858

Details

Mytilus leucophaeatus Conrad, 1831a, p. 263-264, pl. 11, fig. 13
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Southern coast of the [eastern] United States
Range: 41°N to 22.3°N; 97.8°W to 74°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: USA: New York, Maryland, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Tamaulipas; Cuba: Villa Clara
References: Conrad (1831a); Bernard (1983); Marelli & Gray (1983) SWM; Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004); Fernández-Garcés (2006a)
Comments: Introduced in Pernambuco, Brazil (Souza, Rocha & Lima 2005).
Combining Genera: Congeria

Mytilus americanus Reeve, 1858,
[Synonym]
References: Marelli & Gray (1983) s
Combining Genera: Tichogonia

Mytilus cochleatus Kickx, 1835,
[Synonym]
References: Marelli & Gray (1983) s
Combining Genera: Congeria Dreissena Dreissenia Mytilina Tichogonia

Dreissenia cumingiana Dunker, 1855, p. 14-15, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: flumine Mississippi
Range: 30°N ; 90°W
Maximum Reported Size: 38 mm
Distribution: USA: Mississippi
References: Dunker (1855) NSEWM; Marelli & Gray (1983) s

Mytilopsis leucophaeta sic,
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling of M. leucophaeata by Marelli & Gray (1983).

Mytilus tenebrosus Reeve, 1858,
[Synonym]
References: Marelli & Gray (1983) s

Partial List of References

Conrad, T. A. 1831. Description of fifteen new species of Recent, and three of fossil shells, chiefly from the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 6 256-268, pl. 11. [Stated date: -- Mar 1831; true date: -- Apr 1831.]
Dunker, [W.] 1855. Commentatio de Septiferis genere Mytilaceorum et de Dreisseniis [i], 1-23. Bayrhofferi Academicis: Marburg. [Stated date: 13 Nov 1855.]

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