Nucula crenulata

Author
A. Adams, 1856

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Min Depth
55 meters
Max Depth
1280 meters
Overall Geographic Range
South Carolina to Campeche Bank, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Lesser Antilles, Brazil
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • deep sea
  • infaunal
References

  • Hicks, D. W., N. C. Barrera and J. W. Tunnell, Jr. 2001. Ecological distribution of shallow-water Mollusca on Alacran Reef, Campeche Bank, Yucatan, Mexico. Texas Conchologist 38: 7–30.

  • James, B. M. 1972. Systematics and Biology of the Deep-water Paleotaxodonta (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from the Gulf of Mexico. Ph.D. dissertation, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 182 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • Holotype of N. culebrensis: BMNH – “Challenger” Sta. 24 (18°38.5¢N, 65°05.5¢W), 713 m, off Culebra Is, West Indies.

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, 05-07-2024.

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