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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Depressiscala nautlae (Mörch, 1875)


Range: 35.34°N to 21°S; 94°W to 39°W
Depth: 6 to 121 m (live 29 to 29 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Scala nautlae Mörch, 1875
Epitonium nautlae (Mörch, 1875) 
Scalaria teres Bush, 1885
Scala scipio Dall, 1889

Details


Scala nautlae Mörch, 1875a, p. 265, [Mörch (1876c) pl. 29, fig. 12]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: ad litus mexicanum inter Vera Cruz et Nautla
Range: 35.33°N to 21°S; 94°W to 39°W
Depth: 6 to 121 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Bahamas: Bimini; Cuba: North Havana Province; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés (1990b) d; Sunderland (1989a) M
Combining Genera:  Epitonium

Scala scipio Dall, 1889a, p. 310, [Dall 1902a, pl. 29, fig. 10]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Veracruz; USFC sta. 2597, 20 miles SW by S from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, 15 fms.; near Frying Pan Shoals, 12 fms.
Range: 34.95°N to 19°N; 94°W to 75.73°W
Depth: 22 to 27 m
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina; Mexico: Veracruz
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Clench & Turner (1952) s

Scalaria teres Bush, 1885a, p. 465, pl. 45, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2275, 2276, off Cape Hatteras, 16 fathoms
Range: 35.34°N ; 75.32°W to 75.31°W
Depth: 26 to 29 m (live 29 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Bush (1885a) DLlNSEWM; Clench & Turner (1952) s


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453-480, pl. 45.
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis familiae Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Oversigt over Vestindiens Scalarier Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn ?? 250-268. [Stated date: 27 May 1875.]

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