Vesicomya atlantica (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Passos, Flávio Dias, Batistão, Alan Rodrigo & Lima, Luan Lucas Cardoso, 2024, Checklist of marine Bivalvia (Mollusca) from Brazil, with descriptive analyses of their bathymetric and geographical distribution, Zootaxa 5488 (1), pp. 1-94 : 46

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scientific name

Vesicomya atlantica
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252. Vesicomya atlantica View in CoL (E. A. Smith, 1885)

Bathymetric distribution: 400–5867 m —DW.

Geographical distribution: Southern North America and Western Europe, including Azores to Cape Verde Basin; Sierra Leone and Angola Basins, Brazil (RJ), and Uruguay.

References: Oliveira & Absalão (2007), Allen (2008), Rios (2009), Passos et al. (2019).

Allen, J. A. (2008) Bivalvia of the deep Atlantic. Malacologia, 50 (1 - 2), 57 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.4002 / 0076 - 2997 - 50.1.57

Oliveira, C. D. C. & Absalao, R. S. (2007) Primeiro registro de Mendicula ferruginosa, Kelliella atlantica e Lyonsiella subquadrata (Mollusca, Pelecypoda) para aguas brasileiras. Biociencias, 15 (1), 63 - 67.

Passos, F. D., Machado, F. M. & Fantinatti, A. (2019) Shell morphology of a new Brazilian species of the family Kelliellidae, with a brief review of the genus Kelliella (Mollusca: Bivalvia). Marine Biodiversity, 49 (1), 207 - 219. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 017 - 0782 - 4

Rios, E. C. (2009) Compendium of Brazilian seashells. Evangraf, Rio Grande, 668 pp.

Smith, E. A. (1885) Report on the Lamellibranchiata collected by H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Reports of the scientific results of the voyage of H. M. S. Challenger during the years 1873 - 1876. Zoology, 13 (35), 1 - 341, pls. 1 - 25.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Bivalvia

Order

Venerida

Family

Vesicomyidae

Genus

Vesicomya