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Gastropoda: : Vanikoroidea: Vanikoridae

Megalomphalus oxychone (Mörch, 1877)


Range: 34.5°N to 23°S; 87°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 to 60 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4  mm

Synonymy

Vanikoro oxychone Mörch, 1877
Macromphalina oxychone (Mörch, 1877) 

Details


Vanikoro (Narica) oxychone Mörch, 1877b, p. 94
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Thomas [Cienfuegos, Cuba (neotype)]
Range: 34.5°N to 23°S; 87°W to 38°W
Depth: 0 to 60 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos, Matanzas, Cienfuegos; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Brazil: Abrolhos Islands, Rio de Janeiro
References: Mörch (1877b) M; Aguayo (1935); Porter (1974) {D}N; Ortiz-Corps (1985); Rolán & Rubio (1998) cT; Redfern (2001) D
Comments: Most of the localities listed here need confirmation, as it is not known if the specimens on which they were based conform to the neotype of Rolán & Rubio (1998). Those authors listed only Cuba, St. Croix, and Abaco.
Combining Genera:  Macromphalina

Macromphalina oxygone sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for oxychone by Jong & Coomans (1988).


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.

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