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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae

Probythinella protera Pilsbry, 1953


Range: 30.5°N to 27°N; 97°W to 88°W
Depth: 0 to 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.6  mm

Synonymy

Amnicola emarginata auct. non Küster, 1852
Probythinella protera Pilsbry, 1953
Vioscalba protera (Pilsbry, 1953) 
Vioscalba louisianae Morrison, 1965

Details


Probythinella protera Pilsbry in Olsson & Harbison, 1953, p. 444-445, pl. 64, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene of St. Petersburg, Florida [now considered Pleistocene]
Range: 30.5°N to 29°N; 94.7°W to 88.2°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
References: Solem (1961); Hershler (1996) NSEWM
Combining Genera:  Vioscalba

Amnicola emarginata auct. non Küster, 1852, 
[Not available]
Distribution: USA: Texas
References: Hershler (1996) s
Comments: Misidentification by Clench (1925: 12).

Vioscalba louisianae Morrison, 1965, p. 217-220, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: off Frenier Beach, in the southwestern part of Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana
Range: 30.2°N to 27°N; 97°W to 88°W
Depth: 0 to 2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.6 mm
Distribution: USA: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
References: Morrison (1965) NM; J. Andrews (1977) SEW; Heard (1979) cE; Odé (1987b) D


Partial List of References

Morrison, J. P. E. 1965. New brackish water mollusks from Louisiana Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 78 217-224. [Stated date: 31 Dec 1965.]
Olsson, A. A. and A. Harbison. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida, with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8 vii + 459, 65 pls. [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.]

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