Malacolog 4.1.1: Western Atlantic Mollusk Species Database at The Academy of Natural Sciences

Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Phaliinae

Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944

Range: 32.3°N to 15°S; 87.3°W to 39°W
Depth: 7 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm

Synonymy

Phalium vibex auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Casmaria ponderosa auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944

Details

Casmaria atlantica Clench, 1944b, p. 2-3, pl. 1, figs. 1-2
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Puerto Sosúa, Hispaniola
Range: 32.3°N to 15°S; 87.3°W to 39°W
Depth: 7 to 30 m
Maximum Reported Size: 45 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Venezuela: Falcon; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Mayaguana, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Havana Province; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Brazil: Bahia
References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1981a) cD; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Sunderland & Sunderland (1991a) d
Comments: McGinty & McGinty (1957) 26.5°N in Florida.

Casmaria ponderosa auct. non Gmelin, 1791,
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Lightbourn (1991)
Comments: Misidentification.

Phalium vibex auct. non Linnaeus, 1758,
[Not available]
Range: 19.75°N ; 70.5°W
References: Clench (1938a) NSEW
Comments: Misidentification.

Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. 1944. The genera Casmaria, Galeodea, Phalium and Cassis in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(16) 1-16. [Stated date: 28 Oct 1944.]

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