Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. XXXII. Mollusks from the west coast of Mexico and Central America. II
Hertlein, L.George; Strong, A.M.
Zoologica new York 28(3): 149-168
1943
Accession: 024522675
This paper, the 2d of a series dealing with tropical West American mollusks, contains the results of a study of the bivalve mollusks of the. families Glycymeridae, Arcidae, Pteriidae, Pinnidae and Pedalion-idae collected on the Eastern Pacific Expeditions of the New York Zool. Soc., 1936, 1937-1938. References to the original description, type locality, range, and descriptive notes of 43 spp. and subspp. are included. 6 spp. are illustrated on one plate. The following are described as new: Arca (Arca) fernandezensis (Arca angulata King and Bro-derip, preoc); A. (Anadara) mazatlanica; and Atrina texta.