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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Creseis acicula (Rang, 1828)


Range: 45°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1234 m (live 0 to 750 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33  mm

Synonymy

Styliola recta auct. non Blainville, 1827
Cleodora acicula Rang, 1828
Clio acicula (Rang, 1828) 
Vaginella acicula (Rang, 1828) 
Cleodora clava Rang, 1828
Creseis virgula auct. non Rang, 1828
Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829
Clio conica auct. non Eschscholtz, 1829
Stiliola acus Dunker, 1875
Creseis rotunda Sowerby II, 1877
Dentalium ecostatum Kirk, 1880

Details


Cleodora (Creseis) acicula Rang, 1828a, p. 318, pl. 17, fig. 6 [Valdés & Héros (1998) fig. 6h]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: L'Océan et la mer des Indies
Range: 45°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1234 m (live 0 to 750 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Quintana Roo; Panama, Venezuela: Zulia, Falcon, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Sombrero Island, Guyana, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas; Oceanic
References: Pelseneer (1888) D; Dautzenberg (1900); Dall & Simpson (1901); Burkenroad (1933); Chen & Bé (1964); Kornicker (1959); Leal Rodríguez (1965); van der Spoel (1976) T; Bé & Gilmer (1977) dLlNSEW; Princz (1977); Princz & González (1982); Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998); Valdés & Héros (1998) T
Combining Genera:  Clio Vaginella

Hyalaea aciculata sic, 
[Not available]
References: Pelseneer (1888) s
Comments: Error for acicula by d'Orbigny (1834).

Stiliola acus Dunker, 1875, p. 240
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Desterro, Santa Catarina, Brasil
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Santa Catarina
References: Dunker (1875) M

Creseis acus Eschscholtz, 1829b, p. 17, pl. 15, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: In der nördlichen Hälfte des atlantischen Meeres, an der afrikanischen Küste
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
References: Eschscholtz (1829b) M; Pelseneer (1888) s; van der Spoel (1967) s

Cleodora (Creseis) clava Rang, 1828a, p. 317-318, pl. 17, fig. 5 [Valdés & Héros (1998) fig. 9a]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: "banc des aiguilles"
Range: 44°N to 42°S; 96°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 0 m (live 10 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz, Quintana Roo; Brazil: unlocalized; Oceanic
References: Pelseneer (1888) s; Chen & Bé (1964) dlN; van der Spoel (1976) T; Leal Rodríguez (1965) W; Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998) {NW}; van der Spoel & Dadon (1999) SE

Clio conica auct. non Eschscholtz, 1829, 
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by Peck (1894).

Dentalium ecostatum Kirk, 1880, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 15.1 mm
References: Marshall (1996) sM

Styliola recta auct. non Blainville, 1827, 
[Not available]
Range: 41.42°N ; 65.08°W to 65.5°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
References: Verrill (1882a) DdLlNSEW; van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by Gray (1850a).

Creseis rotunda Sowerby II, 1877,  pl. 5, fig. 28a-b
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 14 mm
References: Sowerby II (1877) M; van der Spoel (1967) s

Creseis virgula auct. non Rang, 1828, 
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by Steuer (1911)?


Partial List of References

Dunker, W. 1875. Ueber Conchylien von Desterro, Provinz Sta. Catharina, Brasilien Jahrbücher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft 2 240-254.
Eschscholtz, F. 1829. Zoologischer Atlas 3  18 pp., pls. 11-15. G. Reimer: Berlin.
Rang, [P. C. A. L] 1828. Notice sur quelques Mollusques nouveaux appartenant au genre Cléodore, et établissement et monographie du sous-genre Créseis Annales des Sciences Naturelles 13 302-319, pls. 17-18.
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1877. Monograph of the genus Pteropoda Conchologia Iconica 20 pls. 1-6

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