Limaria pellucida

Author
(C.B. Adams, 1846)
Common Names
  • Antillean Fileclam

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
183 meters
Overall Geographic Range
North Carolina to Quintana Roo, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, West Indies, Brazil, Bermuda
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • epibiotic
  • coral reef
  • marine
Microhabitat
  • coral rock
  • sand
  • rock
  • reef massif
  • patch
References

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

  • Maury, C. J. 1920. Recent molluscs of the Gulf of Mexico and Pleistocene and Pliocene species from the Gulf States. Part 1. Bulletin of American Paleontology 8(34): 35–147.

  • 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.

  • Parker, R. H., and J. R. Curray. 1956. Fauna and bathymetry of banks on the continental shelf of northwest Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 40(10): 2428–2439.

  • Tunnell, J. W., Jr., and A. H. Chaney. 1970. A checklist of the mollusks of Seven and One-Half Fathom Reef northwestern Gulf of Mexico. Contributions in Marine Science 15: 194–203.

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, 05-09-2024.

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