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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Hyalina pallida (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 90.5°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 5 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15.3  mm

Synonymy

Bulla pallida Linnaeus, 1758
Neovolvaria pallida (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Voluta pallida (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Volvaria pallida (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Hyalina pellucida Schumacher, 1817
Marginella tenuilabra Tomlin, 1917

Details


Bulla pallida Linnaeus, 1758, p. 727, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 26°N to 10.01°N; 90.5°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 1.5 to 10 m (live 6 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Islas de Aves, Islas Los Roques; Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: Coan & Roth (1976) neotype; Hemmen & Hemmen (1979) dE; Talavera & Princz (1985) {E}; Robinson & Montoya (1987) S; Díaz et al. (1990) Ll; Díaz & Puyana (1994) {M}; Cossignani (2006e) M
Combining Genera:  Neovolvaria Voluta Volvaria

Hyalina pellucida Schumacher, 1817, 
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Maximum Reported Size: 15.3 mm
References: Coan & Roth (1976) MT
Comments: Coan & Roth designated the same specimen as neotype of Hyalina pellucida and Bulla pallida, making them objective synonyms.

Marginella tenuilabra Tomlin, 1917, 
[Synonym]
Range: 18°N to 9.4°N; 83.07°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 0 to 11 m (live 5 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) E; Houbrick (1968) dW; Cubit & Williams (1983) S; Talavera & Princz (1985) s


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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