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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Pectinoidea: Pectinidae

Euvola marensis (Weisbord, 1964)


Range: 12°N to 1°N; 71.5°W to 50°W
Maximum Reported Size: 66.9  mm

Synonymy

Amusium papyraceum auct. non Gabb, 1873
Amusium marense Weisbord, 1964

Details


Amusium marense Weisbord, 1964,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 12°N to 1°N; 71.5°W to 50°W
Maximum Reported Size: 66.9 mm
Distribution: Colombia, French Guiana, Brazil: Amapa
References: Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979) s? (of ^laurentii^); Waller (1991) NSEWM

Amusium papyraceum auct. non Gabb, 1873, 
[Not available]
Comments: Records of Amusium papyraceum from the Gulf of Mexico (e.g., Springer & Bullis 1956; Sunderland & Cahill 1990) are an undescribed Euvola species; true Amusium papyraceum is a Miocene fossil from the Dominican Republic (Waller 1991).



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