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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae

Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968


Range: 27.9°N to 25°N; 81.5°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.3  mm

Synonymy

Potamopyrgus coronatus auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840
Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968

Details


Pyrgophorus platyrachis F. G. Thompson, 1968, p. 38-43, figs. 25a-b, 29b, 32a, 39i-k, 59a-c
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Canal along Florida highway 706, 7.4 miles w.n.w. of Jupiter, Palm Beach County, Florida
Range: 27.9°N to 25°N; 81.5°W to 80°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5.3 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida
References: Thompson (1968) NSEWM
Comments: Primarily freshwater, but also occurs in brackish marshes.

Potamopyrgus coronatus auct. non Pfeiffer, 1840, 
[Not available]
References: Thompson (1968:4) s
Comments: Misidentification by Rhoads (1899).


Partial List of References

Thompson, F. G. 1968. The Aquatic Snails of the Family Hydrobiidae of Peninsular Florida  xv + 268 pp. University of Florida Press: Gainesville.

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