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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: : Ostreoidea: Ostreidae

Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842


Range: 22°S to 42°S; 62.5°W to 43°W
Depth: 10 to 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 72  mm

Synonymy

Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842
Ostrea valettei Ranson, 1967

Details


Ostrea puelchana d'Orbigny, 1842c, p. 162, [d'Orbigny 1842d, pl. 85, figs. 25-26]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: fossile à Montevideo et au Cerro, de lautre côté de la baie; vivante en patagonie et sur la côte des Pampas du sud
Range: 22°S to 42°S; 62.5°W to 43°W
Depth: 10 to 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 72 mm
Distribution: Argentina: Buenos Aires
References: d'Orbigny (1846) W

Ostrea valettei Ranson, 1967, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Comments: Nude name.


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Paléontologie Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 3 1-188, pls. 1-22. P. Bertrand: Paris.

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