Mulinia cleryana

Mulinia cleryana
Temporal range: Miocene–recent[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Venerida
Family: Mactridae
Genus: Mulinia
Species:
M. cleryana
Binomial name
Mulinia cleryana
(d'Orbigny, 1846)[2]
Synonyms[2]

Mulinia cleryana is a species of marine bivalve in the family Mactridae.[2] This species occurs in the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean as far south as Brazil. It can grow to 40 mm (1.6 in).[9]

Bivalve shell
A shell from northeast Brazil. Scale bar = 0.5 mm.

References

  1. ^ "Mulinia cleryana d'Orbigny 1846". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ a b c Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O, eds. (2025). "Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  3. ^ Sowerby, G. B. II (1873). "Monograph of the genus Gnathodon". Conchologia Iconica. Vol. 19. London: Reeve. Pl. 1, Species 3.
  4. ^ Reeve, Lovell Augustus (1854). "Monograph of the Genus Mactra". Conchologia Iconica. Vol. 8. London: Reeve. Pl. 10, Species 38.
  5. ^ d'Orbigny, Alcide (1846). "Lamellibranches". Mollusques. Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale. Vol. 5. Paris: P. Bertrand. p. 510.
  6. ^ Reclúz, C. (1852). "Description de coquilles nouvelles". Journal de conchyliologie. 3: 249–250. Pl. 10, Fig. 4
  7. ^ Dall, William Healey (1901). "Results of the Branner–Agassiz Expedition to Brazil. V. Mollusks from the Vicinity of Pernambuco". Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 3 (3): 145–146. JSTOR 24525820.
  8. ^ Shuttleworth, Robert James (1856). "Description de nouvelles espèces. Première décade; espèces nouvelles pour la faune des Antilles". Journal de conchyliologie. 5: 174–175.
  9. ^ Rosenberg, G. (2009). "Mulinia cleryana (d'Orbigny, 1846)". Malacolog 4.1.1: A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca. Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences. Retrieved 7 January 2025.