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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Sthenorytis pernobilis (Fischer & Bernardi, 1857)


Range: 34.65°N to 13.2°N; 82.42°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 91 to 1472 m (live 196 to 196 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 43  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria pernobilis Fischer & Bernardi, 1857
Scala belaurita Dall, 1889
Sthenorytis cubana Bartsch, 1940
Sthenorytis epae Bartsch, 1940
Sthenorytis hendersoni Bartsch, 1940

Details


Scalaria pernobilis Fischer & Bernardi, 1857a, p. 293-294, pl. 8, figs. 2-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Marie-Galante
Range: 34.65°N to 13.2°N; 82°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 91 to 366 m (live 196 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 43 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Bermuda, Bahamas: Bimini; Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Martinique, Barbados
References: Dall (1889a) lN; Bartsch (1940b) D; Clench & Turner (1950b) dSEW; McGinty & McGinty (1957); Lightbourn (1991); Wagner & Abbott (1990) M

Scala (Sthenorhytis) belaurita Dall, 1889a, p. 316-317, pl. 18, fig. 11b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 290, off Barbados
Range: 13.2°N ; 59.65°W
Depth: 134 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.3 mm
Distribution: Barbados
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Clench & Turner (1950b) s

Sthenorytis cubana Bartsch, 1940b, p. 264, pl. 47, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 2, off Morro Light, Cuba
Range: 23.23°N ; 82.42°W
Depth: 1472 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Bartsch (1940b) DdNSEWM; Clench & Turner (1950b) s

Sthenorytis epae Bartsch, 1940b, p. 265-266, pl. 47, fig. 4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: USFC sta. 2601, 36 miles S. ½ W. from Hatteras
Range: 34.65°N ; 75.56°W
Depth: 196 m
Maximum Reported Size: 42 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina
References: Bartsch (1940b) DdNSEW; Clench & Turner (1950b) s

Sthenorytis hendersoni Bartsch, 1940b, p. 264-265, pl. 47, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Eolis sta. 330, off Sambo Reef, Florida, 120 fms.
Range: 25°N ; 82°W to 81°W
Depth: 146 to 263 m
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Bartsch (1940b) DdNSEWM; Clench & Turner (1950b) s


Partial List of References

Bartsch, P. 1940. The giant scalas of the Western Atlantic Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 14 263-266, pl. 47. [Stated date: 31 Dec 1940.]
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Fischer, [P.] and Bernardi, [A. C.] 1857. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 292-300, pls. 8-9. [Stated date: -- Jan 1857.]

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