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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Zafrona pulchella (Blainville, 1829)


Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 61°W
Depth: 0 to 9 m (live 0.6 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Columbella pulchella (Blainville, 1829) 
Anachis pulchella (Blainville, 1829) 
Buccinum pulchellum Blainville, 1829
Columbella subcostulata C. B. Adams, 1845
Buccinum oryza Dunker, 1847
Anachis multicostata Usticke, 1969
Anachis subcincta Usticke, 1969

Details


Buccinum pulchellum Blainville, 1829,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Sowerby
Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 63.5°W
Depth: 0 to 9 m (live 0.6 to 9 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Aruba; Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) d; Radwin (1969) S; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Macsotay & Campos (2001) E; Faber (2004c)
Comments: 25°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Anachis Columbella

Anachis multicostata Usticke, 1969, p. 16, pl. 3, fig. 755
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix [by lectotype designation of Usticke (1971)]
Range: 18.3°N to 17.8°N; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Usticke (1971) T; de Maintenon in Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) s
Comments: Spelled 'multicosta' in the text and on the plate, but 'multicostata' in the index; the latter spelling is here adopted as it was used by Usticke (1971) and Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).

Buccinum oryza Dunker, 1847, p. 64, Not figured
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown

Anachis subcostulata var. subcincta Usticke, 1969, p. 16, pl. 3, fig. 744
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix (Harvey's Is.); St. Martins; St. Barts; Antigua; Grenada
Range: 17.9°N to 12°N; 64.6°W to 61°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy/St. Bartholomew, Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001) T; de Maintenon in Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) s
Comments: Also treated as a subspecies by Usticke, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).

Columbella subcostulata C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 2, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N to 17.8°N; 77°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: C. B. Adams (1845) NW; Usticke (1959) SEM; Radwin (1977a) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Dunker, [W.] 1847. Diagnoses Buccinorum quorundam novorum Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 4 59-64. [Stated date: -- Apr 1847.]
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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