Bulimus ovulusBruguière, 1789, p. 339 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: îles Américaines françoises; Guadeloupe Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89°W to 0°W Depth: 0 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Belize, Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Carabobo, Islas Los Roques; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Andros, New Providence; Turks and Caicos, Cuba: Havana Province, Matanzas; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix; Anguilla, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad References: Dall (1885b) E; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Martins (1996) s Comments: 25°N in Florida; recorded in Principé, West Africa by Martins (1996). Record from Isla Margarita by Macsotay & Campos (2001) as specimens were reported alive at depths of 8-14 meters. Combining Genera: Auricula Melampus Pythia Tralia
Auricula nitensLamarck, 1822a, p. 141, [Martini, 1773, pl. 43, fig. 444] [Synonym] Type Locality: Guadeloupe Range: 18°N to 16.5°N; 66°W to 61.5°W Distribution: Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe References: Shuttleworth (1854) NW ; Dall (1885b) s; Martins (1996) s
Voluta pusillaGmelin, 1791, p. 3436, [Gualtieri, pl. 55, fig. F; Martini, 1773, pl. 43, fig. 446] [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 29°N to 9.4°N; 83°W to 65°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little) References: Dall & Simpson (1901) EM; Maury (1922) NW; Clench (1938b); Olsson & McGinty (1958) DdS; Martins (1996) s Combining Genera: Auricula Melampus Tralia
Tralia ovula var. sculptaUsticke, 1959, p. 88 [Synonym] Type Locality: St.-Croix-by-the-Sea and Cane Bay, St. Croix Range: 17.8°N ; 64.8°W Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Usticke (1959) NSEWM; Martins (1996) s Comments: Usticke listed this as a subspecies (p. vi), therefore it is available under ICZN Article 45.6.1.
Voluta triplicataDonovan, 1803a, pl. 138, 3 figs. [Synonym] Type Locality: near Faversham [Great Britain] References: Dall (1885b) s; Martins (1996) s Combining Genera: Pythia
Tralia venezuelanaJ. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1982, p. 119, figs. 7-9 [Synonym] Type Locality: Borboruta, Falcón State, Venezuela Range: 12°N to 10.5°N; 70°W to 64°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon, Miranda, Islas Los Roques, Isla la Tortuga, Isla Margarita References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1982) NSEWM; Martins (1996) s
Tralia vetulaWoodring, 1928, p. 110, pl. 1, fig. 1 [Synonym] Type Locality: Bowden beds, Jamaica Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm References: Woodring (1928) M; Jong & Coomans (1988) s
Partial List of References
Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1789. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 1-344. Panckoucke: Paris. Donovan, E. 1803. The Natural History of British Shells, including figures and descriptions of all the species hitherto discovered in Great Britain, systemically arranged in the Linnean manner, with scientific and general observations on each Natural History of British Shells 4 [viii], pls. 127-144. Author and F. and C. Rivington: London. Gibson-Smith, J. and W. Gibson-Smith. 1982. The subfamily Melampinae (Pulmonata: Basommatophora) in Venezuela, with descriptions of two new species Nautilus 96 116-120. [Stated date: 16 Jul 1982.] 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 6(2) [iii] + 232 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Apr 1822.] 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.] Woodring, W. P. 1928. Miocene Mollusks from Bowden, Jamaica. Part II. Gastropods and discussion of results Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication 385 vii + 564 pp., 40 pls. [Stated date: 28 Nov 1928.]
