Argopecten gibbus

Author
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names
  • Atlantic Calico Scallop

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
366 meters
Overall Geographic Range
off Maryland to Florida, Yucatán, Mexico, Brazil, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • soft substrate (muds, sands, clays)
  • seagrass
  • marine
  • algae
Microhabitat
  • sand
References

  • Hildebrand, H. H. 1954. A study of the fauna of the brown shrimp (Penaeus aztecus Ives) grounds in the Western Gulf of Mexico. University of Texas, Publications of the Institute of Marine Science 3(2): 233–366.

  • 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.

  • Pulley, T. E. 1952a. A zoogeographic study based on the bivalves of the Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 215 pp.

  • Reguero, M., and A. García-Cubas. 1994. Moluscos de la Laguna Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz, México: sistemática y ecología. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 20(1): 77–104.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 284 – Off Alabama coast, 9–11 m.

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, 05-07-2024.

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