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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Architectibranchia: Acteonoidea: Acteonidae

Japonactaeon pusillus (Macgillivray, 1843)


Range: 24.4°N to 18°N; 83.17°W to 0°W
Depth: 203 to 823 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11  mm

Synonymy

Tornatella pusilla Macgillivray, 1843
Tornatella pusilla Forbes, 1844
Pseudacteon pusillus (Forbes, 1844) 
Acteon pusillus (Forbes, 1844) 
Japonacteon pusillus (Forbes, 1844) 
Acteon delicatus auct. non Dall, 1889

Details


Tornatella pusilla Macgillivray, 1843, p. 60, 159-160, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Aberdine, Kincardine or Banff County, Scotland]
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
References: MacGillivray (1843) M

Acteon delicatus auct. non Dall, 1889, 
[Not available]
Range: 23.05°N ; 83.17°W
Depth: 567 m
Distribution: Cuba: Pinar del Rio
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Bouchet (1975) s
Comments: Misidentification by Dall (1889a, Blake sta. 19).

Tornatella pusilla Forbes, 1844, p. 191, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lycia and Naxia, Aegean Sea; 100 fathoms (p. 140); Sta. XI, two miles off Serpho-Poulo, 95 fathoms (p. 183)
Range: 24.4°N to 18°N; 82.5°W to 0°W
Depth: 203 to 823 m
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Dall (1889a) DdNW; Bouchet (1975) SEM
Combining Genera:  Acteon Japonacteon Pseudacteon


Partial List of References

Forbes, E. 1844. Report on the Moluusca and Radiata of the Aegean Sea, and on their distribution, considered as bearing on Geology Report of the Thirteenth meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 130-193.
MacGillivray, W. 1843. A History of the Molluscous Animals of the Counties of Aberdeen, Kincardine, and Banff  xxiv + 372 pp. London. [True date: post 6 Mar.]

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