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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella perversa (Bush, 1909)


Range: 40.05°N to 13.2°N; 80°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 210 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5  mm

Synonymy

Eulima distorta auct. non Deshayes, 1823
Eulima elongata auct. non Bucquoy, Dollfus & Dautz., 1883
Eulima perversa Bush, 1909

Details


Eulima perversa Bush, 1909, p. 479
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [USFC sta. 871]
Range: 40.05°N ; 70.39°W
Depth: 210 m
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
Comments: Based on Verrill's misidentification of Eulima distorta.

Eulima distorta auct. non Deshayes, 1823, 
[Not available]
Range: 40.05°N ; 70.39°W
Depth: 210 m
Distribution: USA: Off New Jersey
References: Bush (1909) s
Comments: Misidentification by Verrill (1881, 1882).

Eulima elongata auct. non Bucquoy, Dollfus & Dautz., 1883, 
[Not available]
Range: 33°N to 13.2°N; 80°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: Florida Keys
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1889a).


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1909. Notes on the family Pyramidellidae American Journal of Science 27 475-484.

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