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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Depressiscala nitidella (Dall, 1889)


Range: 35.13°N to 22°S; 88.07°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 12 to 165 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Details


Scala nitidella Dall, 1889a, p. 314, [Dall 1902a, pl. 30, fig. 8]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 15 to 30 miles off the North Carolina coast, 50 fathoms
Range: 35.13°N to 22°S; 88.07°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 12 to 165 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Alabama; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, Cienfuegos; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbados, Brazil: Amapa, Rio de Janeiro
References: Dall (1889a) N; Porter (1974) {d}; Espinosa & Garces (1990b) d; Leal (1991b) E


Partial List of References

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.]

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