Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cuspidariidae, Plectodon braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1915) n. comb.: record of the genus for the South Atlantic, off Brazil

Daniel Pimpão; Marcelo Rocha; Daniela Fettuccia

doi:10.15560/6.4.648

Check List 6(4): 648-651, doi: 10.15560/6.4.648

Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cuspidariidae, Plectodon braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1915) n. comb.: record of the genus for the South Atlantic, off Brazil

Daniel M. Pimpão, Inga L. Veitenheimer-Mendes, Fabrizio Scarabino

Corresponding author: Daniel Pimpão ( danielpimpao@yahoo.com.br )

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Citation: Pimpão D, Rocha M, Fettuccia D (2016) Mollusca, Bivalvia, Cuspidariidae, Plectodon braziliensis (E. A. Smith, 1915) n. comb.: record of the genus for the South Atlantic, off Brazil. Check List 6(4): 648-651. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.4.648

Abstract

An analysis of bivalves shells collected off the coast of Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil and specimens of scientific collections, identified as Cuspidaria braziliensis E. A. Smith, 1915 was made. From the examination of syntypes of C. braziliensis and the type species of the genus Plectodon Carpenter, 1864, a redescription was made and it is proposed to transfer the species to the genus Plectodon, resulting in the new combination Plectodon braziliensis (E.A. Smith, 1915). This is the first record of a Plectodon species for the South Atlantic.

Keywords

Mollusca; Bivalvia