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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Eccliseogyra nitida (Verrill & Smith, 1885)


Range: 39.5°N to 9.08°S; 88.07°W to 9.85°W
Depth: 549 to 4693 m (live 2022 to 3834 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Delphinula nitida Verrill & Smith, 1885
Epitonium nitida (Verrill & Smith, 1885) 
Liotia nitida (Verrill & Smith, 1885) 
Scalaria vermetiformis Watson, 1886
Solutiscala vermetiformis (Watson, 1886) 
Scala vermetiformis (Watson, 1886) 
Scalaria dissoluta Locard, 1897
Solutiscala dissoluta (Locard, 1897) 

Details


Delphinula nitida Verrill & Smith in A. E. Verrill, 1885b, p. 424-425, pl. 44, fig. 11
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2229 [off Maryland]
Range: 39.5°N to 9.08°S; 88.07°W to 9.85°W
Depth: 549 to 4693 m (live 2022 to 3834 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Maryland, North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Alabama; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province; Barbados, Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Clench & Turner (1952) W; Rex & Boss (1973) DLl; Rex & Warén (1982) N; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) cE
Combining Genera:  Epitonium Liotia

Scalaria dissoluta Locard, 1897a, p. 3, [Locard 1897b, pl. 19, fig. 1-3]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: P. Fischer MS
Type Locality: Travailleur, 1881, dragage 3, 3307 m, a l'Ouest du Portugal; Talisman, 1883, dragage 113, 495-618 m, Cap-Vert
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands
References: Locard (1897a) M; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Combining Genera:  Solutiscala

Scalaria vermetiformis Watson, 1886, p. 142, pl. 9, figs. 6a-c
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 122, 9°05'S, 34°50'W, off Pernambuco, 350 fathoms
Range: 9.08°S to 9.08°S; 34.83°W
Depth: 549 to 640 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Watson (1886) DSE; Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Combining Genera:  Scala Solutiscala


Partial List of References

Locard, A. 1897. Notices Conchyliologiques. XLII. Scalaridae Nouveaux L'Échange, Revue Linnéenne 13(145) 2-3. [Stated date: -- Jan 1897.]
Verrill, A. E. 1885. Third catalogue of Mollusca recently added to the fauna of the New England coast and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic, consisting mostly of deep-sea species, with notes on others previously recorded Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 395-452, pls. 42-44.
Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 15(2) i-v, 1-680, 692-756, 50 pls. Her Majesty's Government: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1886; true date: post Aug 9.]

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