Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 92°W to 38°W Depth: 0 to 2 m (live 0.3 to 2 m) Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Synonymy
Columbella nitidula auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Buccinum nitidula auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Colombella nitida Lamarck, 1822 Voluta gracilis Dillwyn, 1823 Nitidella marmorata Swainson, 1840 Columbella major Mörch, 1878
Details
Colombella nitidaLamarck, 1822b, p. 295-296, [Lister, pl. 827, fig. 49b] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Antilles Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 92°W to 38°W Depth: 0 to 2 m (live 0.3 to 2 m) Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Falcon; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbuda; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Brazil: Bahia References: Lamarck (1822b) M; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Fernández Milera (1998) Comments: 26°N in Florida. Records of Macsotay & Campos (2001) from Isla Margarita and Sucre, Venezula need confirmation, their illustrated specimens is misidentified.
Voluta gracilisDillwyn, 1823, p. 37, pl. 827, fig. 49b [Synonym] Type Locality: West Indies References: Abbott (1958) s
Columbella nitida var. major Mörch in Poulsen, 1878, p. 12, not figured [Not available] Type Locality: West Indies Comments: Nude name.
Nitidella marmorataSwainson, 1840, p. 151, 313, fig. 17c [Objective synonym of valid name] Type Locality: West Indies References: Radwin (1977a) s Comments: Unnecessary replacement name for Columbella nitida Lamarck.
Columbella nitidula auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, [Not available] Attributed to: Sowerby (1822) Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 82.3°W to 66°W Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Panama References: Dall & Simpson (1901) NE; Olsson & McGinty (1958) SW; Abbott (1958) s Comments: Misidentification. Sowerby I (1822, pl. 248, fig. 7) used the name Columbella nitidula for Buccinum nitidulum auctorum and in 1844 attributed Buccinum nitidulum to Linnaeus. ICZN Article 49 prohibits use of such a misapplied specific name. Combining Genera: Buccinum
Partial List of References
Dillwyn, L. W. 1823. Martini Lister Historia sive Synopsis Methodica Conchyliorum, 3rd ed [ii] + xiii + 48 pp., 1059 figs. + 22 pls. Clarendoniano: Oxonii. Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.] Poulsen, C. M. 1878. Catalogue of West-India Shells in the Collection of Dr. C. M. Poulsen 16 pp. Bianco Luno: Copenhagen. Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on Malacology viii + 419 pp., frontispiece. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans and John Taylor: London.
