Botula fusca

Author
(Gmelin, 1791)
Common Names
  • Cinnamon Mussel

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Min Depth
2 meters
Max Depth
93 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, West Indies, Brazil, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • burrower or borer
  • byssate
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • coral rock
  • rock
  • dead coral
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.

  • Hicks, D. W., N. C. Barrera and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. 2001. Ecological distribution of shallow-water Mollusca on Alacran Reef, Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Texas Conchologist 38: 7–30.

  • Parker, R. H., and J. R. Curray. 1956. Fauna and bathymetry of banks on the continental shelf of northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(10): 2428–2439.

  • 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.

  • Simpson, C. T. 1887–1889. Contributions to the Mollusca of Florida. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences 5: 45–72, 63–72.

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, 05-10-2024.

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