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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Tornidae

Vitrinella pusilla (Pfeiffer, 1840)


Range: 35.34°N to 9.4°N; 82.4°W to 65°W
Depth: 27 to 27 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.6  mm

Synonymy

Rotella pusilla Pfeiffer, 1840
Pseudorotella pusilla (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Parkeria diaphana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Adeorbis diaphana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Teinostoma diaphana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Trochus diaphanus d'Orbigny, 1842

Details


Rotella pusilla Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 255, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 1.6 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEW
Combining Genera:  Pseudorotella

Trochus (Rotella) diaphana d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 62, pl. 18, figs. 23-25
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Saint-Thomas
Range: 35.34°N to 9.4°N; 82.4°W to 65°W
Depth: 27 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina; Panama, Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) EM; P. Fischer (1857c) s; Arango (1880) W; Bush (1897) DdN; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S{W}
Combining Genera:  Adeorbis Parkeria Teinostoma


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.

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