Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 86.8°W to 36°W Depth: 0 to 270 m Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Synonymy
Scalaria tenuis Sowerby II, 1844 Scalaria occidentalis Nyst, 1871 Scala aurita Mörch, 1875 Scala micromphala Mörch, 1875
Details
Scalaria occidentalis Nyst, 1871, [Basis of the current name] Range: 32.3°N to 13°S; 86.8°W to 36°W Depth: 0 to 270 m Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico: Vieques; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola; Barbados, Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) d; Ekdale (1974) W; Lyons (1989b) {d}; Sunderland (1989a) M Comments: Lyons (1989b) 27.3°N in Florida.
Scala occidentalis var. auritaMörch, 1875a, p. 257 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Thomas Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas References: Mörch (1875a) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1951) s
Scala micromphalaMörch, 1875a, p. 258 [Synonym] Type Locality: Vieques Range: 18°N to 17.8°N; 65.5°W to 64.9°W Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: Puerto Rico: Vieques; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Clench & Turner (1951) s; Usticke (1959) SEM
Scalaria tenuisSowerby II, 1844, p. 87 [bis], pl. 32, fig. 6-7 [Synonym] Type Locality: West Indies Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm References: Sowerby II (1844) M; Clench & Turner (1951) s Comments: Non Gray in King, 1826.
Partial List of References
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis familiae Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Oversigt over Vestindiens Scalarier Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn ?? 250-268. [Stated date: 27 May 1875.] Sowerby, G. B., II. 1844. Monograph of the genus Scalaria Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 83 [bis]-108 [bis], pls. 32-35 [True date: pre Apr 11.]
