Nuculana hebes

Author
E.A. Smith, 1885

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Min Depth
329 meters
Max Depth
1472 meters
Overall Geographic Range
off Mississippi, southeast Cuba, West Indies
Habitat-Biology
  • benthic
  • infaunal
References

  • 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.

  • Maury, C. J. 1934. Fossil Invertebrata from Northeastern Brazil. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 67(4): 123–179, pl. 9–19.

  • 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.

  • Pequegnat, W. E. 1983. The ecological communities of the continental slope and adjacent regimes of the northern Gulf of Mexico. U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Services contract AA851-CT1-12 by TerEco Corp. College Station, Texas. 398 pp. + Appendices A1–C40.

Endnotes

  • Holotype: BMNH (reportedly corroded) – “Challenger” Sta. 24, off Culebra Is., West Indies, 713 m.

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, 05-05-2024.

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