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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Macominae

Macoma constricta (Bruguière, 1792)


Range: 29.5°N to 28°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 0.3 to 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 55  mm

Synonymy

Tellina constricta (Bruguière, 1792) 
Solen constrictus Bruguière, 1792
Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck, 1818
Tellina lateralis Say, 1826

Details


Solen constrictus Bruguière, 1792,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 29.5°N to 28°S; 91°W to 35°W
Depth: 0.3 to 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Quintana Roo
References: Perry & Schwengel (1955) M
Combining Genera:  Tellina

Psammobia cayenensis Lamarck, 1818, 
[Synonym]

Tellina lateralis Say, 1826, p. 218-219
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [East] coast of the United States
Maximum Reported Size: 55 mm
References: Say (1826) M; Dall (1900) s


Partial List of References

Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.]

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