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Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898

marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of ) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 777 [details] 
Distribution off Virginia to Texas; Brazil  
Distribution off Virginia to Texas; Brazil [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156865 on 2026-01-15
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2026). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Martesia fragilis A. E. Verrill & K. J. Bush, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=156865 on 2026-01-15
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2005-05-20 07:57:29Z
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2010-03-31 06:40:42Z
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original description (of ) Verrill A.E. & Bush K.J. (1898). Revision of the deep-water Mollusca of the Atlantic coast of North America, with descriptions of new genera and species. Part I. Bivalvia. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 20: 775-901, pl. 71-97., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15838668
page(s): 777 [details] 

context source (Bermuda) Jensen, R. H. (1997). A Checklist and Bibliography of the Marine Molluscs of Bermuda. Unp. , 547 pp [details] 

basis of record Abbott, R. T. (1974). <i>American seashells. The marine Mollusca of the Atlantic and Pacific coast of North America</i>. ed. 2. Van Nostrand, New York. 663 pp., 24 pls. [October 1974]. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional 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, Colleg [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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 Velásquez M., Valentich-Scott P. & Capelo J.C. (2017). Marine boring bivalve mollusks from Isla Margarita, Venezuela. <em>The Festivus.</em> 49(3): 247-269. [details] 

identification resource Holmes A., Fenwick D., Gainey P. & Williams T. (2015). <i>Martesia fragilis</i> Verrill & Bush, 1898 in the North-East Atlantic. Overlooked and a Recent new discovery. <em>Journal of Conchology.</em> 42(2): 183-187. [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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Distribution off Virginia to Texas; Brazil [details]
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