the easiest comment to make on this is that indeed mortoni occurs in
New England, Florida and Texas, as I have collected it in each area. I
believe there was recently somethong on Marlo's site about similar
looking specimens from the Caribbean, perhaps he will recall the
precise details.

On 10/20/13, David Kirsh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Bivalves aren't my forté but I'd like to revise my labels at some point as
> Marlo has encouraged:
> http://z14.invisionfree.com/Conchologist_Forum/index.php?showtopic=801
>
> The trouble is, there are more Laevicardium names out there that are in need
> of elucidation. As far as I can tell, there are current Caribbean/Carolinian
> province taxa: Laevicardium serratum, oviputamen, mortoni, pictum and
> sybariticum.
>
> It would be helpful to have a clearer picture of the ranges of these
> species. Abbott (1974) said L. mortoni ranges from Cape Cod to Florida and
> Texas; the others are from North Carolina to the Caribbean. [Warmke & Abbott
> (1962) said L. pictum and sybariticum are from "southeast US to the West
> Indies."] Mikkelsen & Bieler's (2008) book on southern Florida bivalves
> included three species: L. serratum, pictum and mortoni. Lee's (2009)
> northeast Florida book, while updating the L. laevigatum name to serratum,
> listed three species: L. mortoni, pictum and oviputamen (not serratum!).
> Redfern's (2013) Abaco, Bahamas book depicted only L. serratum and mortoni.
>
> So, are we beginning to have a clearer idea of the range of L. oviputamen,
> e.g. does it extend to North Carolina? Is sybariticum, if it's still valid,
> strictly Caribbean?
>
> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
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