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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Columbellopsis nycteis (Duclos, 1846)


Range: 26°N to 9°N; 90.5°W to 63.1°W
Depth: 1.5 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.1  mm

Synonymy

Colombella nycteis Duclos, 1846
Mitrella nycteis (Duclos, 1846) 
Colombella plutonida Duclos, 1846
Colombella belizana Duclos, 1848
Columbella fenestrata C. B. Adams, 1850
Mitrella fenestrata (C. B. Adams, 1850) 
Colombella sagitta Gaskoin, 1852

Details


Colombella nycteis Duclos, 1846,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 26°N to 9°N; 90.5°W to 69°W
Depth: 1.5 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia
References: Díaz & Puyana (1994) D
Combining Genera:  Mitrella

Colombella belizana Duclos, 1848, 
[Synonym]
References: Radwin (1978) sT

Columbella fenestrata C. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 57-58, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 21°N to 10.7°N; 87°W to 63.1°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Venezuela: Sucre; Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: C. B. Adams (1850c) {S}; Ekdale (1974) NW; Radwin (1978) s; Macsotay & Campos (2001) SE
Combining Genera:  Mitrella

Colombella plutonida Duclos, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Radwin (1978) s

Columbella sagitta Gaskoin, 1852, p. 10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Africa; West Indies
Maximum Reported Size: 8.1 mm
References: Gaskoin (1852) M; Wagner & Abbott (1978) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.]
Gaskoin, J. S. 1852. Descriptions of twenty species of Columbellae, and species of Cypraea Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 2-14. [Stated date: -- --- 1851.]

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