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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Bivalvia: Euheterodonta: Tellinoidea: Tellininae

Arcopagia vespuciana (d'Orbigny, 1853)


Range: 26°N to 11°N; 97°W to 66.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5  mm

Synonymy

Tellina vespuciana d'Orbigny, 1853

Details


Tellina vespuciana d'Orbigny, 1853, p. 254, pl. 26, figs. 12-14
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Martinique and Jamaica [restricted to Jamaica by Boss (1968)
Range: 26°N to 11°N; 97°W to 66.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Jamaica, Martinique
References: Mikkelsen (2005) c
Comments: Spelled vespuciana in text and index, vespusiana on plate.

Tellina vespusiana sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Original misspelling of vespuciana.


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1853. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 [iv] + 225-380, pls. 26-28?.

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