Range: 18°N to 12°N; 77°W to 69°W Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Synonymy
Pleurotoma pygmaea C. B. Adams, 1850 Defrancia pygmaeum (C. B. Adams, 1850)
Details
Pleurotoma pygmaeaC. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 63, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N to 12°N; 77°W to 69°W Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba; Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1850c) NWM; Costa & Absalao (1998) Comments: Non Philippi, 1844. Faber (2004c) considered this a synonym of S. minus, apparently on the basis of Clench & Turner's lectotype illustration of Pleurotoma minor (1950, pl. 31, fig. 7). The figured specimen, however, does not match the original description, having too many axial ribs and lacking the bands of color, and the lectotype designation is invalid (Malacolog 3.4). Combining Genera: Defrancia
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.]
