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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Corbiculoidea: Corbiculidae

Polymesoda maritima (d'Orbigny, 1853)


Range: 28°N to 20°N; 91°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 21  mm

Synonymy

Cyrena floridana Conrad, 1846
Pseudocyrena floridana (Conrad, 1846) 
Cyclas maritima d'Orbigny, 1853
Cyrena cubensis Prime, 1865
Cyrena protexta Conrad, 1869
Cyrena donaciformis Sowerby II, 1878

Details


Cyclas maritima d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 280, pl. 26, figs. 47-50
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Cuba
Range: 28°N to 20°N; 91°W to 80°W
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Cuba
References: d'Orbigny (1853) M

Cyrena carolinensis sic, 
[Not available]
References: Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s
Comments: Misidentification and misspelling of Polymesoda caroliniana by Dall (1883, etc.).

Cyrena cubensis Prime, 1865, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Dall (1900) s?

Cyrena donaciformis Sowerby II, 1878, 
[Synonym]
References: Dall (1900) s

Cyrena floridana Conrad, 1846, 
[Synonym]
Range: 26.5°N to 21.5°N; 86.8°W to 82°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) DdNEM; Ekdale (1974) SW
Combining Genera:  Pseudocyrena

Cyrena protexta Conrad, 1869, 
[Synonym]
Range: 26.5°N ; 82°W
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) NSEW


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?.

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