Other than Zhang's one valve from Antigua, and the University of Florida's alcohol-preserved material from Saint Martin?
And does anyone know of other records of that species south of Florida and the Bahamas?
Thanks.
We have several lots from Honduras and one from Nicaragua, but none from the islands.
http://collections.nmnh.si.edu/search/iz/
Hi Susan In my collections I have one specimen (beached) from Gran Cayman Id. and two specimen from Playa S.ta Lucia (Cuba, Camaguey Prov.)
Gianluigi
Ah that is very interesting!
Were the Cuban ones live collected? And are the valves plain cream or tan or brownish in color, as it typical for the species, or do they have zigzag or speckled markings on a cream background?
Have you seen Florida material? And if so, do the valves you have closely resemble the Florida shells in their overall proportions?
The specimens were collected in the debris at 2-3 m from Guglielmo Biraghi in 1977. They are cream-colored with rare bands zic-zac. I can not tell if they were alive or not.
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