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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Lucinoidea: Lucinidae

Divalinga quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1846)


Range: 42°N to 29°S; 89.7°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 24  mm

Synonymy

Lucina quadrisulcata d'Orbigny, 1846
Divaricella quadrisulcata (d'Orbigny, 1846) 
Lucina strigilla Stimpson, 1851
Lucina americana C. B. Adams, 1852
Lucina pilula C. B. Adams, 1852

Details


Lucina quadrisulcata d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 584-585, [d'Orbigny 1853, pl. 27, figs. 34-36]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro; Cuba; Guadeloupe; Saint-Martin
Range: 42°N to 29°S; 89.7°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 100 m
Maximum Reported Size: 24 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Cuba: unlocalized; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Guadeloupe, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962) WM; Dekker & Goud (1995) c
Combining Genera:  Divaricella

Lucina americana C. B. Adams, 1852c, p. 243, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: CLench & Turner (1950) illustrate the holotype, but don't state which of three localities it comes from
Range: 40.5°N to 18°N; 77°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 19.8 mm
Distribution: USA: New York; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: C. B. Adams (1852c) NSEWM

Lucina pilula C. B. Adams, 1852c, p. 246, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10.7 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1852c) NSEWM; Dekker & Goud (1995) s

Lucina strigilla Stimpson, 1851c, p. 17, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Nantucket [Massachusetts]
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts
References: Dekker & Goud (1995) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1852. Catalogue of species of Lucina, which inhabit the West Indian Seas Contributions to Conchology 12 242-247. [Stated date: -- Nov 1852.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]
Stimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England  59 pp., 2 pls. Phillips, Sampson, and Company: Boston. [Stated date: 25 Nov 1851; true date: pre Dec 16.]

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