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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae

Pyrgophorus parvulus (Guilding, 1828)


Range: 19°N to 11°N; 76°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 1.8 m (live 1 to 1.8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5  mm

Synonymy

Paludina parvula Guilding, 1828
Paludina crystallina auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840
Paludina jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1849
Bithinia spiralis Guppy, 1864

Details


Paludina parvula Guilding, 1828,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 19°N to 11°N; 76°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 1.8 m (live 1 to 1.8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Louisiana; Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire; Venezuela: unlocalized; Jamaica, Haiti, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: H. B. Baker (1930); Harrison (1984); Cosel (1986) DdLlSM
Comments: The report from Louisiana by Bridgman (1969) needs confirmation.

Paludina crystallina auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840, 
[Not available]
Distribution: ABC Islands: Bonaire
References: H. B. Baker (1924) s
Comments: Misidentification by E. A. Smith (1898).

Paludina jamaicensis C. B. Adams, 1849, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Jamaica
References: H. B. Baker (1924) s

Bithinia spiralis Guppy, 1864, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: H. B. Baker (1930) s



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