Isognomon alatus

Author
Gmelin, 1791
Common Names
  • Flat Tree-oyster

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
2 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida to Campeche Bank, Mexico, North South America to Brazil, West Indies, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • byssate
  • epibiotic
  • hard substrate
  • mangrove swamp
References

  • Chávez, E. A., E. Hidalgo, and M. L. Sevilla. 1970. Datos acerca de las comunidades bentonicas del Arrecife de Lobos, Veracruz. Revista de la Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural 31: 211–280.

  • Davenport, R., Jr. 2001. South Padre Island, Texas. A list of live collected mollusks from the Coast Guard Station tidal flats. Texas Conchologist 38: 2–6.

  • 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.

  • Wiley, G. N., R. C. Circé, and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. 1982. Mollusca of the rocky shores of East Central Veracruz State, Mexico. The Nautilus 96(2): 55–61.

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, 05-11-2024.

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