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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Veneroidea: Turtoniidae

Turtonia minuta (Fabricius, 1780)


Range: 68°N to 39.75°N; 74°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3  mm

Synonymy

Venus minuta Fabricius, 1780
Leda minuta (Fabricius, 1780) 
Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808
Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871
Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872

Details


Venus minuta Fabricius, 1780, p. 412-413
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ipikfaunarak, Greenland
Range: 68°N to 39.75°N; 74°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Greenland, Canada: Nova Scotia; USA: Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey
References: Stimpson (1851c); Matthew (1874); ANSP SW
Combining Genera:  Leda

Turtonia nitida A. E. Verrill, 1872, 
[Synonym]

Turtonia occidentalis Dall, 1871, 
[Synonym]
References: Coan et al. (2000) s

Mya purpurea Montagu, 1808, 
[Synonym]
References: Jeffreys (1863) s; Coan et al. (2000) s


Partial List of References

Fabricius, O. 1780. Fauna Greenlandica  xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl. Joannis Gottlob Rothe: Hafniae et Lipsiae.

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