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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Mytiloidea: Lithophaginae

Lithophaga antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1853)


Range: 28.58°N to 8°S; 87°W to 35°W
Depth: 1 to 23 m (live 3 to 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 120  mm

Synonymy

Modiola corrugata Philippi, 1846
Lithophagus antillarum (d'Orbigny, 1853) 
Lithodomus antillarum d'Orbigny, 1853
Lithodomus straminea Reeve, 1857

Details


Lithodomus antillarum d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 332, pl. 28, figs. 12-13
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Martinique, Guadeloupe and Cuba
Range: 28.58°N to 8°S; 87°W to 35°W
Depth: 1 to 23 m (live 3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 120 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Barbados
References: Turner & Boss (1962) d; Hopkins et al. (1977) DN; Valentich-Scott & Dinesen (2004) LlM
Comments: Non Philippi, 1847.
Combining Genera:  Lithophagus

Modiola corrugata Philippi, 1846, 
[Synonym]

Lithodomus straminea Reeve, 1857, 
[Synonym]


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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