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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Archiheterodonta: Carditoidea: Carditidae

Pteromeris perplana (Conrad, 1841)


Range: 35°N to 0°N; 89°W to 0°W
Depth: 2 to 95 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.8  mm

Synonymy

Cardita perplana Conrad, 1841
Pleuromeris perplana (Conrad, 1841) 
Venericardia perplana (Conrad, 1841) 
Astarte radians Conrad, 1845
Astarte flabella Conrad, 1846

Details


Cardita perplana Conrad, 1841,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 21.3°N; 89°W to 77°W
Depth: 2 to 95 m (live 7 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.8 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) d; Lyons (1989b) LlM
Comments: Not Astarte perplana Conrad, 1840.
Combining Genera:  Pleuromeris Venericardia

Astarte flabella Conrad, 1846, 
[Synonym]
Range: 28°N
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida

Astarte radians Conrad, 1845, 
[Synonym]
References: Vokes & Vokes (1983) s



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