Glycymeris decussata

Author
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
Common Names
  • Decussate Bittersweet

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
240 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida to Yucatán, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico offshore banks, Cuba, West Indies, Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • infaunal
  • coral reef
  • reef massif
  • intertidal
Microhabitat
  • reef massif
  • sand
  • rock
  • patch
  • intertidal
References

  • Lipka, D. A. 1974. Mollusks. Pp. 142–196 in T. J. Bright and L. H. Pequegnat, eds. Biota of the West Flower Garden Banks. Gulf Publishing Company, Houston, Texas. 435 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.

  • NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2006. National Benthic Inventory of Soft Sediment Fauna Database. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Ocean Service, National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science. URL: http://nbi.noaa.gov/.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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. Since 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, 11-14-2025.

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