Range: 26°N to 23°N; 82.3°W to 78°W Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Synonymy
Marginella minuta Pfeiffer, 1840 Gibberula pfeifferi Faber, 2004
Details
Gibberula pfeifferiFaber, 2004e, p. 57, figs. 87-92 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349] Range: 26°N to 23°N; 77°W to 78°W Distribution: Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: unlocalized References: Faber (2004e) Comments: Gibberula species B-D of Redfern (2001) are this species according to Faber (pers. comm. 12 Jan 2005).
Marginella minutaPfeiffer, 1840, p. 259, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)] Range: 23°N ; 82.3°W to 81.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEM; Arango (1880) W Comments: Non Gray, 1826.
Partial List of References
Faber, M. J. 2004. Marine gastropods from Cuba described by Louis Pfeiffer: type specimens and identifications with the introduction of Gibberula pfeifferi new name (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Miscellanea Malacologica 1 49-71. [Stated date: 31 Dec 2004; true date: pre 7 Jan.] Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.
