WoRMS taxon details

Mesodesma deauratum (W. Turton, 1822)

156806  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:156806)

accepted
Species
Ceronia denticulata (J. E. Gray, 1825) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Erycina denticulata J. E. Gray, 1825 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Mactra deaurata W. Turton, 1822 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
Not documented
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to...  
Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); lower North Shore. [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Mesodesma deauratum (W. Turton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156806 on 2024-03-28
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2005-05-19 15:58:36Z
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original description  (of Erycina denticulata J. E. Gray, 1825) Gray, J. E. (1825). A list and description of some species of shells not taken notice of by Lamarck. <em>Annals of Philosophy.</em> new ser., 9(2): 134-140; 9(6): 407-415., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15880862
page(s): 135 [details]   

original description  (of Mesodesma anodontina Römer, 1862) Römer, E. (1862). Drei neue Arten von Mesodesma. <em>Malakozoologische Blätter.</em> 9: 134–137. [details]   

original description  (of Mesodesma jauresii De Joannis, 1834) De Joannis, L. (1834). Mesodesma jauresii. <em>Magasin de Zoologie.</em> 4: pl. 54. [details]   

basis of record Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. <em>Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126.</em> 405 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Huber, M. (2010). <i>Compendium of bivalves. A full-color guide to 3,300 of the world's marine bivalves. A status on Bivalvia after 250 years of research</i>. Hackenheim: ConchBooks. 901 pp., 1 CD-ROM. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Davis, J. D. (1965). <i>Mesodema deauratum</i>: synonymy, holotype and type locality. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 78(3): 96-100, pl. 9., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8521399 [details]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Dimensions reaches 4 cm in length [details]

Distribution Gulf of St. Lawrence (unspecified region), northern Gaspe waters, southern Gaspe waters (Baie des Chaleurs, Gaspe Bay to American, Orphan and Bradelle banks; eastern boundary: Eastern Bradelle Valley), lower St. Lawrence estuary, middle North Shore (from Sept- Iles to Cape Whittle, including the Mingan Islands); lower North Shore. [details]

Habitat intertidal and infralittoral of the Gulf and estuary [details]

Reproduction separate sexes, usually not dimorphic in shell structure; fertilization occurs within the mantle cavity anf young hatch as pelagic larvae (generalized for group) [details]
LanguageName 
English Turton's wedge clamgilded wedgeclam  [details]