Abstract
THE bivalved gastropod Berthelinia Crosse (= Tamanovalva Kawaguti and Baba) has been reported from Japan1, Australia2, and California3. A second genus, Midorigai Burn, has been described from Australia. The purpose of this communication is to record Berthelinia from Jamaica. The first specimen was found on Caulerpa verticillata Agardh growing on rocks in an open part of a mangrove channel near Port Royal on January 8, 1962. Small quantities of algæ collected on January 11 and 16 yielded fifty more specimens, so in this small area Berthelinia can be described as common. To my knowledge, this is the first time that living bivalved gastropods have been taken from the Atlantic.
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EDMUNDS, M. Bivalved Gastropod from Jamaica. Nature 195, 402 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/195402a0
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