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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Mitrella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 97.28°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Voluta ocellata Gmelin, 1791
Colombella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) 
Nitidella ocellata (Gmelin, 1791) 
Pyrene cribraria (Lamarck, 1822) 
Colombella cribraria (Lamarck, 1822) 
Columbella cribraria (Lamarck, 1822) 
Nitidella cribraria (Lamarck, 1822) 
Buccinum cribrarium Lamarck, 1822
Colombella argus d'Orbigny, 1847

Details


Voluta ocellata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3455, [Martini 4, pl. 150, fig. 1409]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: d'Orbigny (1842)
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 97.28°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 10 m (live 0 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados, Brazil: Ceara, Abrolhos Islands, Trindade Island, Rio de Janeiro; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: Moore (1958b) W; Hemmen & Hemmen (1979) L; Leal (1991b) DdlE; Macsotay & Campos (2001)
Comments: 26.5°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Colombella Nitidella

Colombella argus d'Orbigny, 1847b, p. 138, [d'Orbigny 1842b, pl. 21, fig. 34-37]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Guadeloupe
Range: 16.5°N ; 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Guadeloupe
References: Kaicher (1984: 3842) T; Lyons (1989b) s
Comments: As Columbella ocellata on plate caption; see also argus auct. = dichroa.

Buccinum cribrarium Lamarck, 1822b, p. 274
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Java
Range: 29°N to 16°S; 90°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana; Colombia, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) {E}; E. A. Smith (1890b) SEM; Dautzenberg (1900) Dd{S}; Dall & Simpson (1901) {M}; Harry (1942) NW; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s
Combining Genera:  Colombella Columbella Nitidella Pyrene


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 129-224, pls. 22-25?. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: pre May?]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
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.]

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