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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Modiolinae

Botula fusca (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 35°N to 23°S; 89°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 1 to 90 m (live 1 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 39.6  mm

Synonymy

Mytilus fuscus Gmelin, 1791
Modiolus cinnamomea auct. non Link, 1807
Modiolaria cinnamomea auct. non Link, 1807
Mytilus cinnamomeus auct. non Link, 1807
Botula cylista Berry, 1959

Details


Mytilus fuscus Gmelin, 1791,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 23°S; 89°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 1 to 90 m (live 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 39.6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Bermuda
References: Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004) dLlM

Mytilus cinnamomeus auct. non Link, 1807, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Lamarck, 1819
References: Bernard (1983) s
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Modiolaria Modiolus

Botula cylista Berry, 1959, 
[Synonym]
References: Bernard (1983) s



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