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Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Neritidae

Puperita pupa (Linnaeus, 1767)


Range: 32.3°N to 10°N; 87°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Nerita pupa Linnaeus, 1767
Neritella pupa (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Neritina pupa (Linnaeus, 1767) 
Nerita tristis d'Orbigny, 1842
Neritina cajennensis Rigacci, 1866
Puperita vincta Usticke, 1969

Details


Nerita pupa Linnaeus, 1767, p. 1253-1254, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 11.3°N; 87°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Andros, New Providence, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Long Island, Mayaguana, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, South Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Barbados
References: Russell (1941) {M}; J. B. Lewis (1960) E; Díaz & Puyana (1994) S; Fernández Milera (1998); Redfern (2001) M
Comments: 26°N in Florida. Gundersen & Minton (1997) demonstrated that the proportion of spota or stripes in the pattern of depends on salinity.
Combining Genera:  Neritella Neritina

Neritina pupa var. cajennensis Rigacci, 1866, p. 36
[Not available]
Type Locality: Cajenna
Comments: Nude name.

Nerita (Neritina) tristis d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 47-48, pl. 17, figs. 35-35'
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba
Range: 23°N to 10°N; 83.07°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Haiti; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola; Guadeloupe, Marie Galante, Barbados
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) M; Russell (1941) E; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) N; Usticke (1959) {E}; Houbrick (1968) SW; Gundersen & Minton (1997) s; Fernández Milera (1998)

Puperita vincta Usticke, 1969, p. 9, pl. 2, fig. 200
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: West of the mouth of Fair Plain stream, south shore, St. Croix
Range: 17.7°N ; 64.7°W
Depth: 0 to 1 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1969) DNSEWM; Usticke (1971) T; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)


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.]
Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 12th ed., vol. 1(2) 533-1327 + [37]. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Rigacci, [J.] 1866. Catalogo delle Conchiglie Componenti la Collezione Rigacci Classificata col Sistema di Lamarck  56 pp. Author: Roma.
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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