Ovula acicularisLamarck, 1811b, p. 112-113 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Antilles Range: 35°N to 4°N; 92.45°W to 51°W Depth: 0.3 to 60 m (live 0.3 to 27 m) Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Colombia: Offshore islands; Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Bermuda, Bahamas: New Providence; Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, Brazil: unlocalized References: Melvill (1881); Aguayo & Jaume (1950); Porter (1974) {D}; Cubit & Williams (1983) {S}; Rios (1994) SE; Simone (2004) L; Espinosa et al. (2006) {W}; E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) DW Combining Genera: Cymbula Neosimnia Ovulum Radius Simnia Volva
Cymbula bahamaensisCate, 1973, p. 80-81, fig. 178 [Synonym] Type Locality: Massan Marine Gardens, Bahamas Islands (23°30'N; 75°00'W) Range: 23.5°N ; 75°W Maximum Reported Size: 15.5 mm Distribution: Bahamas References: Cate (1973) NSEWM; Simone (2004) s
Ovula (Rhizorus) acicularis var. purpureaMörch, 1877b, p. 54, not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Not stated Comments: Nude name.
Ovula (Rhizorus) acicularis var. sulphureaMörch, 1877b, p. 54, not figured [Not available] Type Locality: Not stated Comments: Nude name.
Partial List of References
Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Veliger 15 (supplement) 116 + [1] pp., [51]. [Stated date: 31 Jan 1973.] Lamarck, [J. B.] 1811. [Suite de la détermination des espèces de Mollusques Testacés.] Ovule. (Ovula.) Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle 16 109-114. [Stated date: -- --- 1810; true date: -- --- 1811.] Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.
