Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Synonymy
Columbella varians Sowerby I, 1832 Pyrene nodulosa Usticke, 1959
Details
Columbella variansSowerby I, 1832a, p. 118, not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Hood's Island, Galapagos [in error]
Pyrene nodulosaUsticke, 1959, p. 66, pl. 2, fig. 20 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Croix [Ham Bay (Usticke (1971); In error, Indo-Pacific] Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Usticke (1959) NSEWM; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001) T; de Maintenon in Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) s Comments: A mislocalized specimen of the Indo-Pacific Euplica varians (Sowerby, 1832).
Partial List of References
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1832. [New species of Shells collected by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America and among the islands of the South Pacific Ocean. Genus Columbella] Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2 113-120. [True date: 14 Aug 1832.] Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
