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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Tornidae

Cyclostremiscus pentagonus (Gabb, 1873)


Range: 35.34°N to 9.75°N; 97.4°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 538 m (live 0 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5  mm

Synonymy

Adeorbis supranitidus auct. non Wood, 1842
Cyclostrema pentagonum Gabb, 1873
Vitrinella pentagonus (Gabb, 1873) 
Skenea trilix Bush, 1885
Lydiphnis trilix (Bush, 1885) 
Circulus trilix (Bush, 1885) 
Vitrinella trilix (Bush, 1885) 
Cyclostrema quadrilineatum Toula, 1911

Details


Cyclostrema pentagona Gabb, 1873, p. 243, not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: 'Miocene', Santo Domingo
Range: 35°N to 9.75°N; 97.4°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m (live 0 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Puerto Rico
References: García-Cubas (1971) W; Porter (1974) {D}N; Princz (1982a); Ortiz-Corps (1985) E; Robinson & Montoya (1987) {S}; Odé (1988a) DdLlM; Lyons (1989b) {M}; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) S
Comments: Described as a fossil from the Dominican Republic. See also pentagonus auct. = Circulus liratus. Record from Chesapeake Bay, Virginia in Wass (1972: 125) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Vitrinella

Cyclostrema quadrilineatum Toula, 1911, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Robinson (1991) s

Adeorbis supranitidus auct. non Wood, 1842, 
[Not available]
Range: 35°N to 25°N; 82°W to 76°W
Depth: 2 to 31 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: M. Smith (1941) NSEWM
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1889a); Bush (1897).

Skenea trilix Bush, 1885b, p. 584, [Bush 1885a, pl. 45, fig. 7-7a]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 7-17 fathoms [USFC sta. 2113 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.34°N to 18.5°N; 96.5°W to 67°W
Depth: 2 to 538 m (live 26 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, North Carolina, Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Puerto Rico
References: Bush (1885b) LlN; Dall (1927b) D; Parker (1959) W; Warmke & Abbott (1961) SE; Moore (1964) s
Combining Genera:  Circulus Lydiphnis Vitrinella


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. List of the shallow-water Mollusca dredged off Cape Hatteras by the "Albatross" in 1883 Annual Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 1883 579-595.
Gabb, W. M. 1873. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (ns)15 49-259, 2 fold-out maps.

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