Glossocardia agassizii

Author
Dall, 1886
Common Names
  • Ox-heart Clam

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Min Depth
102 meters
Max Depth
183 meters
Overall Geographic Range
off West Florida to LA, West Indies, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • infaunal
References

  • Abbott, R. T. 1974. American Seashells: The Marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts of North America, 2nd Ed. Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, New York, New York. 663 pp.

  • 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.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 6800 – 94.5 mi SW of Southwest Pass, Louisiana, 102 m. sandy mud.

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, 05-11-2024.

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