Carditopsis smithii

Author
(Dall, 1896) 
Common Names
  • Tiny Condylclam

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Min Depth
1 meters
Max Depth
50 meters
Overall Geographic Range
South Florida to Yucatán, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico offshore banks, Cuba, Caribbean, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • infaunal
  • mangrove swamp
  • coral reef
Microhabitat
  • sand
References

  • Barrera, N. C. 2001. Micromolluscan assemblages on the Flower Garden Banks, northwestern Gulf of Mexico. M.S. Thesis, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, Texas. 90 pp.

  • 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.

  • Dokken, Q. R., I. R. MacDonald, and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. 1998. Long-term monitoring at the East and West Flower Garden Banks, 1996–1997 U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service OCS Study MMS 99-0005. 115 pp.

  • 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.

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr. 1974. Ecological and geographical distribution of Mollusca of Lobos and Enmedio coral reefs. Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M University-College Station, Texas. 158 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, 05-12-2024.

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