Cerithium protextumConrad, 1846a, p. 26 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: 'Tampa Bay?' Range: 35.27°N to 23°S; 97°W to 36°W Depth: 1 to 106 m (live 7 to 0.3 m) Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro References: Bush (1885b) N; Rice & Kornicker (1965) D; Sykes & Hall (1970) Ll; Lyons et al. (1971) d; J. Andrews (1977) {D}W; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001) Combining Genera: Acus Strioterebrum
Terebra (Acus) protexta var. lutescensDall, 1889a, p. 63, 65 [Synonym] Type Locality: Capre Fear, North Carolina, 2-20 fathoms to the Gulf of Mexico Range: 34°N to 30°N; 82°W to 78°W Depth: 4 to 37 m Distribution: USA: North Carolina; Gulf of Mexico References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Abbott (1974) s Comments: Dall (1889a) stated on p. 65, 'The more distinctly reticulated variety I suppose from the figures to be Terebra lutescens E. A. Smith', but on p. 63 attributed the name to himself. On p. 8 he attributed it to "(Smith?) Dall", showing that he intended to use the varietal name lutescens whether or not the E. A. Smith name proved applicable. At the time he was writing, homonymy among varietal names was generally ignored.
Terebra lutescensE. A. Smith, 1873, p. 264, [Reeve 1860, pl. 44, fig. 75] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Not stated Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida
Partial List of References
Conrad, T. A. 1846. Descriptions of new species of fossil and Recent shells and corals Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3 19-27, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- Feb 1846; true date: pre June 30.] Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.] Smith, E. A. 1873. Remarks on a few species belonging to the family Terebridae, and descriptions of several new forms in the collection of the British Museum Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)11 262-271. [Stated date: -- Apr 1873.]
