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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Turritellidae

Vermicularia radicula (Stimpson, 1851)


Range: 41.5°N to 41°N; 72.5°W to 71°W
Depth: 5.5 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 61  mm

Synonymy

Vermetus lumbricalis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Vermetus radicula Stimpson, 1851
Vermiculus cinereus Mörch, 1861

Details


Vermetus radicula Stimpson, 1851c, p. 37-38, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: From Buzzard's Bay [Massachusetts] southward
Range: 41.5°N to 41°N; 72.5°W to 71°W
Depth: 5.5 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 61 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York
References: S. Smith (1860) SW; Gould (1870) NE; A. E. Verrill (1873b) DdM
Comments: Kurtz's (1860) records from North and South Carolina need confirmation.

Vermiculus spiratus var. ? cinerea Mörch, 1861, p. 174
[Not available]
Type Locality: Two localities
Range: 41.5°N ; 71°W
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Connecticut
References: Mörch (1861) NE
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus lumbricalis auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
References: Stimpson (1851c) s; Gould (1870) s
Comments: Misidentification by Gould (1841).


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1861. Review of the Vermetidae (Part I) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861 145-181. [Stated date: 09 Apr 1861; true date: -- Sep 1861.]
Stimpson, W. 1851. Shells of New England  59 pp., 2 pls. Phillips, Sampson, and Company: Boston. [Stated date: 25 Nov 1851; true date: pre Dec 16.]

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