Arcopsis adamsi

Author
(Dall, 1886)
Common Names
  • Adams Ark
  • Cancellate Ark

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
128 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina, Quintana Roo, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, West Indies, Central America to Brazil, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • burrower or borer
  • byssate
  • hard substrate
  • coral reef
  • coastal lagoon
Microhabitat
  • coral pieces
  • coral rock
  • patch
  • reef massif
  • rock
  • sand
References

  • Camp, D. K., W. G. Lyons, and T. H. Perkins. 1998. Checklists of selected shallow-water marine invertebrates of Florida. Florida Department of Environmental Protection, FMRI Technical Report TR-3. 238 pp.

  • Chávez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

  • Mikkelsen, P. M., and R. Bieler. 2004. Critical catalog and annotated bibliography of marine bivalve records for the Florida Keys. Malacologia 46(2): 545–623.

  • Odé, H. 1964–2001. Distribution and records of the marine Mollusca in the northwest Gulf of Mexico. A continuing monograph. Texas Conchologist, Vol. 1–38.

  • Rezak, R., T. J. Bright, and D. W. McGrail. 1985. Reefs and Banks of the Northwestern Gulf of Mexico; Their Geological, Biological, and Physical Dynamics. Wiley, New York, New York. 259 pp.

Endnotes

  • Recorded from the Gulf shores of Cuba (between Cabo de San Antonio and Punta Hicacos) (J. Ortea and J. Espinosa, Pers. Comm. 2005).

Species Notes

None noted.

Source

Turgeon, D. D., W. G. Lyons, P. Mikkelsen, G. Rosenberg, and F. Moretzsohn. 2009. Bivalvia (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 711–744 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

GulfBase Citation

Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies. 2016. GulfBase: Resource Database for Gulf of Mexico Research, Education, and Management. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.gulfbase.org, 05-05-2024.

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