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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Cypraeidae

Erosaria acicularis (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 35.001°N to 24°S; 97.22°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 780 m (live 0 to 81 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 31  mm

Synonymy

Cypraea spurca auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791
Cypraea lunata G. Fischer, 1807
Cypraea sanctaehelenae Schilder, 1930
Cypraea aliena Schilder, 1939
Erosaria nitidiuscula Coen, 1949

Details


Cypraea acicularis Gmelin, 1791, p. 3421, [Martini 1, pl. 31, fig. 335]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 35.001°N to 24°S; 97.22°W to 28.87°W
Depth: 0 to 780 m (live 0 to 81 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 31 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Trindade Island, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo
References: Hopkins et al. (1977) W; Leal (1991b) cDLE; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Simone (2004); Simone & Gonçalves (2006b) S

Cypraea aliena Schilder, 1939, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Robinson (1991) s?

Cypraea lunata G. Fischer, 1807, p. 153-154
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
References: Ivanov & Cantor (1991) sM

Erosaria nitidiuscula Coen, 1949, 
[Synonym]

Cypraea sanctaehelenae Schilder, 1930, 
[Synonym]
Range: 8°S to 16°S; 14.4°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 50 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: Lorenz & Hubert (1993) DdNSEWM

Cypraea spurca auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
Range: 25°N to 23°S; 88°W to 43°W
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Belize; Honduras: Swan Island; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, South Matanzas, Villa Clara, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Haas (1941) W; Britton (1975) {W}; Lozet & Pétron (1977) NSEM
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

Fischer, G. 1807. Museum Demidoff Museum Demidoff 3 [iv] + ix + 330 pp., 6 pls. Université imperiale: Moscou. [True date: post 30 Dec.]
Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.

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