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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Strombina pumilio (Reeve, 1859)


Range: 12°N to 8.91°N; 77.64°W to 61°W
Depth: 1.5 to 66 m (live 2 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26  mm

Synonymy

Columbella recurva auct. non Sowerby, 1832
Columbella pumilio Reeve, 1859
Strombina terquemi Jousseaume, 1876
Strombina caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962
Strombina galba auct. non Weisbord, 1962

Details


Columbella pumilio Reeve, 1859a, pl. 24, fig. 147
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cumana, Venezuela
Range: 12°N to 8.91°N; 77.64°W to 61°W
Depth: 1.5 to 66 m (live 2 to 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 26 mm
Distribution: Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Carabobo, Miranda, Sucre, Isla la Tortuga, Isla Margarita; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago
References: Dautzenberg (1900); J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1974) T; Jung (1989) DNSEWM; Sunderland & Sunderland (1992d) d; Cipriani & Penchaszadeh (1993) Ll; Macsotay & Campos (2001)

Strombina caboblanquensis Weisbord, 1962, p. 323-327, pl. 28, figs. 26-30; pl. 29, figs. 1-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation, in small stream 100 meters west of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Range: 11.7°N to 11.11°N; 69.37°W to 63.3°W
Depth: 20 to 26 m
Maximum Reported Size: 23.1 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Falcon, Sucre, Isla Margarita
References: Weisbord (1962) M; Petuch (1981a) DdNSEW; Jung (1989) s
Comments: Jung (1989) excludes pl. 28, fig. 25 of the type series as not being conspecific.

Strombina galba auct. non Weisbord, 1962, 
[Not available]
Range: 12°N ; 70°W
Depth: 35 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Comments: Misidentification by Petuch (1987).

Columbella recurva auct. non Sowerby, 1832, 
[Not available]
References: Jung (1989) s
Comments: Misidentification by Lorié (1887); Strombina recurva is Eastern Pacific.

Strombina terquemi Jousseaume, 1876, 
[Synonym]
References: Radwin (1978) s


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1859. Monograph of the genus Columbella Conchologia Iconica 11 pls. 1, 24-37
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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