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Saccostrea cuccullata (Born, 1778)
Ostrea cuccullata Born, 1778:100; 1780:114, pl. 6: figs. 11, 12.— Smith, 1890b:322.—Lamy, 1929:153.—Nicklès, 1950:182; 1955:142 [?Pycnodonta hyotis (Linné)].
Ostrea mordax Gould.—Stearns, 1893:318 [not Ostrea mordax Gould, 1850].
Saccostrea cuccullata Born.—Stenzel, 197LN1134.
PREVIOUS ASCENSION RECORDS.—Smith (1890b), Nicklès (1950).
PRESENT MATERIAL.—2 specimens (46.9 mm greatest length) Ascension, K. M. Hutchfield; many specimens (91.6 mm) ASC 5; many (93.5 mm) ASC 18; 1 (30.4 mm) ASC 21, R. B. Manning, May 1971.
DISTRIBUTION.—West Coast of Africa; islands of Sao Thomé, Principe, and Ascension (Nicklès, 1950:182).
- bibliographic citation
- Rosewater, Joseph. 1975. "An annotated list of the marine mollusks of Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean." Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 1-41. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.189
