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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Laevinesta atlantica (Pérez Farfante, 1947)


Range: 27.81°N to 20.7°S; 94°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 55 to 238 m (live 59 to 59 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5  mm

Details


Nesta atlantica Pérez Farfante, 1947, p. 97-98, pl. 43, fig. 1-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Palm Beach, Florida
Range: 27.81°N to 20.7°S; 94°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 55 to 238 m (live 59 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Brazil: Espirito Santo
References: Pilsbry & McGinty (1952) d{N}; Hickman (1983) cLl{W}; Odé (1988d) W; Leal (1991b) SE; García (1999a) N


Partial List of References

Pérez Farfante, I. 1947. The genera Zeidora, Nesta, Emarginula, Rimula and Puncturella in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 2 93-148. [Stated date: 07 Jul 1947.]

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