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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella oleacea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851)


Range: 41.5°N to 12°N; 79°W to 67°W
Depth: 7 to 18 m (live 15 to 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.3  mm

Synonymy

Eulima subangulata auct. non Sowerby, 1834
Eulima oleacea Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851
Balcis oleacea (Kurtz & Stimpson, 1851) 

Details


Eulima oleacea Kurtz & Stimpson in Stimpson, 1851c, p. 39-40, pl. 1, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Buzzard's Bay [Massachusetts], 8 fathoms
Range: 41.5°N to 12°N; 79°W to 67°W
Depth: 7 to 17 m (live 15 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina; Venezuela: unlocalized; Puerto Rico
References: Stimpson (1851c) LlN; Kurtz (1860) W; A. E. Verrill (1873b) {W}; Dall & Simpson (1901) E; Princz (1982a) S
Comments: Also described by Kurtz & Stimpson (1851: 115).
Combining Genera:  Balcis

Eulima subangulata auct. non Sowerby, 1834, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 41°N ; 72.5°W
Depth: 18 m
References: S. Smith (1860) DdNSEW; Rosenberg (herein) s?
Comments: Misidentification; S. Smith (1860) attributed E. subangulata to Stimpson, but presumably he was referring to Sowerby's name.


Partial List of References

Stimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England  59 pp., 2 pls. Phillips, Sampson, and Company: Boston. [Stated date: 25 Nov 1851; true date: pre Dec 16.]

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