Martesia cuneiformis

Author
Say, 1822
Common Names
  • Wedge Piddock

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Min Depth
0 meters
Max Depth
37 meters
Overall Geographic Range
Connecticut to Texas, Cuba, West Indies to Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • burrower or borer
  • wood borer
References

  • 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. 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.

  • 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 15599 – NW of Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, Louisiana, 13 specimens.

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, 05-12-2024.

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