Isognomon bicolor

Author
(C.B. Adams, 1845)
Common Names
  • Bicolor Purse-oyster

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
108 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas to Yucatán, Mexico, Cuba, West Indies, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • byssate
  • epibiotic
  • hard substrate
  • inlet influenced
  • coral reef
  • soft sediment
Microhabitat
  • tube
References

  • Andrews, J. 1977. Shells and Shores of Texas. University of Texas Press, Austin, Texas. 365 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.

  • Odé, H., and A. B. Speers. 1964–1974. Notes concerning Texas beach shells. Texas Conchologist, Vol. 1–10.

  • Reguero, M., and A. García-Cubas. 1994. Moluscos de la Laguna Pueblo Viejo, Veracruz, México: sistemática y ecología. Anales del Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 20(1): 77–104.

Endnotes

  • HMNS.MAL 1973.161 – Veracruz, Mexico. Present in NW Cuba (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, 05-13-2024.

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