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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972


Range: 48°N to 44°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 21 to 1966 m (live 100 to 250 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 10.5  mm

Synonymy

Cuvierina columnella auct. non Rang, 1827
Triptera columnella auct. non Rang, 1827
Herse columnella auct. non Rang, 1827
Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972
Styliola sinecosta F. E. Wells, 1974
Cuvierina spoeli auct. non Rampal, 2002

Details


Cuvierina atlantica Bé, MacClintock & Currie, 1972,
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: [Dana Expedition sta. 299, Atlantic Ocean, 37°05'N, 54°34'W (van der Spoel 1970: 120)]
Range: 43.38°N to 44°S; 78.73°W to 0°W
Depth: 21 to 1966 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Bermuda, Bahamas: Cay Sal; Cuba: North Matanzas, Cienfuegos; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Saba, Martinique, Guyana, Brazil: unlocalized; Argentina: unlocalized; Oceanic
References: van der Spoel (1970) {NM}; van der Spoel & Dadon (1999) SE{W}; Jannsen (2005) NWM
Comments: Infrasubspecific in Spoel (1970: 120).

Cuvierina columnella auct. non Rang, 1827, 
[Not available]
Range: 48°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 100 to 1234 m (live 100 to 250 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz; Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Sombrero Island, Guyana, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas; Oceanic
References: Janssen (2005) s
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Herse Triptera

Styliola sinecosta F. E. Wells, 1974, p. 293-295, fig. 1
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: 5 km west of Bellairs Research Institute, St. James, Barbados, 0-300 m
Range: 44°N to 13.2°N; 64°W to 41°W
Depth: 300 to 0 m (live 300 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.25 mm
Distribution: Bermuda, Sargasso Sea, Barbados
References: F. E. Wells (1974) DdLlNSEWM; Abbott (1974) s?
Comments: Possibly an older name for C. cancapae Janssen, 2005.

Cuvierina spoeli auct. non Rampal, 2002, 
[Not available]
References: Janssen (2005) s
Comments: Misidentification by Rampal (2002, in part).


Partial List of References

Wells, F. E. 1974. Styliola sinecosta, a new species of pteropod (Opisthobranchia: Thecosomata) from Barbados, West Indies Veliger 16 293-296. [Stated date: 01 Jan 1974; true date: pre 23 Jan.]

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