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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Prunum pellucidum (Pfeiffer, 1840)


Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 82.7°W to 76°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13.5  mm

Synonymy

Marginella pellucida Pfeiffer, 1840
Marginella diaphana Kiener, 1841
Egouena diaphanum (Kiener, 1841) 

Details


Marginella pellucida Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 258-259, [Faber 2004e, figs. 97-108]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 82.7°W to 76°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Panama, Bahamas: Eleuthera; Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Maury (1922) NW; Olsson & McGinty (1958) dS; Wagner & Abbott (1978) M; Lipe (1991) E; Faber (2004e) T; Cossignani (2006e) D

Marginella diaphana Kiener, 1841b, p. 38-39, pl. 12, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mer des Antilles
Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Kiener (1841b) M; Reeve (1865) s; Melvill (1881) NSEW
Combining Genera:  Egouena


Partial List of References

Kiener, L. C. 1841. Genre Marginelle. (Marginella, Lamarck) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 3 31-44, pls. 10-13
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.

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