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Gastropoda: : Ellobioidea: Ellobiidae

Blauneria heteroclita (Montagu, 1808)


Range: 32.3°N to 25.02°S; 94°W to 47.83°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7  mm

Synonymy

Voluta heteroclita Montagu, 1808
Auricula heteroclita (Montagu, 1808) 
Acteon heteroclita (Montagu, 1808) 
Tornatella heteroclita (Montagu, 1808) 
Achatina pellucida Pfeiffer, 1840
Tornatellina cubensis Pfeiffer, 1842
Oleacina cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1842) 
Odostomia cubensis (Pfeiffer, 1842) 

Details


Voluta heteroclita Montagu, 1808, p. 169, 175
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: North Britain
Range: 32.3°N to 25.02°S; 94°W to 47.83°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Alabama, Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Panama, Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Andros, New Providence; Cuba: Havana Province, Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Surinam, Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: A. E. Verrill (1901) N; Marcus & Marcus (1965b) SE; Martins (1996) WM
Comments: 30°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Acteon Auricula Tornatella

Tornatellina cubensis Pfeiffer, 1842, 
[Synonym]
References: Pfeiffer (1854b: 152) s (of pellucida); Maury (1922) s
Combining Genera:  Odostomia Oleacina

Achatina (?) pellucida Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 252, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.4 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) M; Maury (1922) s
Comments: Treated as an Odostomia by Arango (1880: 161), but correctly placed in Blauneria by Arango (1878: 60).


Partial List of References

Montagu, G. 1808. Supplement to Testacea Britannica  [iii] + v + 184 pp., 30 pls. S. Woolmer: Exeter. [True date: post Oct 1.]
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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