Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 92°W to 15°W Depth: 0 to 65 m (live 0 to 6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Synonymy
Natica livida Pfeiffer, 1840 Natica pulchella Pfeiffer, 1840 Natica lacernula d'Orbigny, 1842 Natica sagraiana auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842 Natica jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1850 Natica nigrescens C. B. Adams, 1850 Natica rufilabris Reeve, 1855 Natica oceani Usticke, 1959
Details
Natica lividaPfeiffer, 1840, p. 254, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)] Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 92°W to 15°W Depth: 0 to 20 m (live 0 to 6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Delta Amacuro; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Cienfuegos; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Nevis, Brazil: Para, Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Trindade Island, Rio de Janeiro References: Dautzenberg (1900) D; Usticke (1959) M; Rice & Kornicker (1962) {W}; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Leal (1991b) lE; Hewitt (2005b) Comments: 26°N in Florida.
Natica jamaicensisC. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 111-112, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Maximum Reported Size: 13.5 mm Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1850f) NSEWM; Mörch (1877b) s; Dall (1889a) s
Natica lacernulad'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 35, pl. 17, figs. 23-25 [Synonym] Type Locality: Martinique and Cuba Range: 23°N to 14.8°N; 82.3°W to 61°W Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province; Martinique References: d'Orbigny (1842b) SEM; Arango (1880) NW; Dall (1889a) s
Natica jamaicensis var. nigrescensC. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 112, Not figured [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1850f) NSEW; Mörch (1877b) s
Natica livida oceaniUsticke, 1959, p. 54, 55, 56, pl. 3, fig. 6 [Synonym] Type Locality: West coast of St. Croix [1 mile north of Frederickstead, St. Croix (Usticke 1971)] Range: 17.8°N ; 64.9°W Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Jong & Coomans (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Natica pulchellaPfeiffer, 1840, p. 254, Not figured [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)] Range: 23°N ; 82.3°W to 81.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 7.6 mm Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas References: Pfeiffer (1840) M; Arango (1880) W; Dall (1889a) s? Comments: Non Risso, 1826.
Natica rufilabrisReeve, 1855b, pl. 23, fig. 103a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: Bahia [Brazil] Range: 13°S to 13°S; 39°W Distribution: Brazil: Bahia References: Mörch (1877b) SE
Natica sagraiana auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842, [Not available; synonymy uncertain] Range: 18°N to 10.5°N; 74°W to 64.3°W Depth: 20 to 65 m Distribution: Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Sucre; Puerto Rico References: Dunker (1860) s (of N. pulchella); Dautzenberg (1900) DdSE Comments: Misidentification; Natica sagraiana d'Orbigny, 1842 (p. 34, pl. 17, figs. 20-22, type locality Cuba) was based on mislocalized Eastern Alantic specimens according to Récluz (1852a: 272).
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 7 109-123. [Stated date: -- Apr 1850.] d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.] Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261. Reeve, L. 1855. Monograph of the genus Natica Conchologia Iconica 9 pls. 1-30 Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
