Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Bivalvia: : Glycymeridoidea: Glycymerididae

Glycymeris decussata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Range: 26°N to 10°S; 87.5°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0 to 90 m
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm

Synonymy

Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758
Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819
Pectunculus spadiceus Reeve, 1843

Details

Arca decussata Linnaeus, 1758, p. 694, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Indiis
Range: 26°N to 10°S; 87.5°W to 32.3°W
Depth: 0 to 90 m
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Honduras: Swan Island; Venezuela: Falcon
References: Britton (1975) d

Pectunculus pennaceus Lamarck, 1819,
[Synonym]
Range: 12°N to 11°N; 67°W to 65.5°W
Distribution: Venezuela: Islas Los Roques, Isla la Tortuga
References: Gibson-Smith & Gibson-Smith (1979) NSEW; Mikkelsen & Bieler (2004) s

Pectunculus spadiceus Reeve, 1843,
[Synonym]
References: Mikkelsen (2005) s

Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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