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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Turbonillinae

Turbonilla pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1841)


Range: 32.3°N to 22.8°S; 91°W to 39°W
Depth: 0 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Pyrgostelis pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Pyrgiscus pupoides (d'Orbigny, 1841) 
Chemnitzia pupoides d'Orbigny, 1841
Chemnitzia flavocincta C. B. Adams, 1850
Pyrgiscus flavocincta (C. B. Adams, 1850) 
Chemnitzia latior C. B. Adams, 1850
Pyrgiscus latior (C. B. Adams, 1850) 
Pyrgiscus subcoronata (Holmes, 1859) 
Turbonilla subcoronata Holmes, 1859
Pyrgiscus phrikalea (Watson, 1886) 
Odostomia phrikalea Watson, 1886
Pyrgiscus ischna (Bush, 1899) 
Turbonilla ischna Bush, 1899
Pyrgostelis ischna (Bush, 1899) 

Details


Chemnitzia pupoides d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 224-225, pl. 16, figs. 32-35
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cuba and Saint-Thomas
Range: 32.3°N to 22.8°S; 91°W to 39°W
Depth: 0 to 96 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Yucatan State; Panama, Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Havana Province; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Brazil: Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro
References: Arango (1880) d; Olsson & McGinty (1958) {S}; Abbott (1958) {d}; Odé & Speers (1972c); Waller (1973) {D}; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Absalao & Pimenta (1999) T; García (2000) W; Pimenta & Absalao (2004a) DS{W}
Comments: Nude name in d'Orbigny (1840: 398); 28.58°N in Florida (Turgeon & Lyons, 1977).
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus Pyrgostelis

Chemnitzia flavocincta C. B. Adams, 1850d, p. 74, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3.7 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850d) NSEWM; Odé & Speers (1972c); Jong & Coomans (1988) s
Comments: The record from Texas by Odé & Speers (1972e) needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus

Turbonilla pupoides var. ischna Bush, 1899, p. 153
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Bush (1899) NSEWM; Odé & Speers (1972c); Absalao & Pimenta (1999) sT
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus Pyrgostelis

Chemnitzia latior C. B. Adams, 1850d, p. 72, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850d) NSEWM; Dall (1892) s; Odé & Speers (1972c)
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus

Odostomia (Turbonilla) phrikalea Watson, 1886, p. 493-494, pl. 32, figs. 7a-c
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 24, 18°38'30"N, 65°5'30"W, off Culebra Island, West Indies, 390 fathoms
Range: 18.64°N ; 65.09°W
Depth: 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Watson (1886) DdNSEWM; Bush (1899) s; Odé & Speers (1972c)
Comments: As phrykalea in plate caption, an original misspelling.
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus

Turbonilla sub-coronata Holmes, 1859, p. 87, pl. 13, figs. 12, 12a-b
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Simmons' [Bluff], South Carolina
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
References: Holmes (1859) M; Dall (1892) s?; Odé & Speers (1972c)
Comments: Described as a Pleistocene fossil.
Combining Genera:  Pyrgiscus


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 5 69-75. [Stated date: -- Feb 1850.]
Bush, K. J. 1899. Descriptions of new species of Turbonilla of the Western Atlantic fauna, with notes on those previously known Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 145-177, pl. 8.
d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.]
Holmes, F. S. 1859. Post-Pleiocene fossils of South-Carolina  65-98, pls. 11-14. Russell & Jones: Charleston, South Carolina.
Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 15(2) i-v, 1-680, 692-756, 50 pls. Her Majesty's Government: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1886; true date: post Aug 9.]

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