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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Neritoidea: Phenacolepadidae

Plesiothyreus rushii (Dall, 1889)


Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 89°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 55 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Umbraculum rushii Dall, 1889
Phenacolepas rushii (Dall, 1889) 
Hyalopatina rushii (Dall, 1889) 

Details


Umbraculum (Hyalopatina) rushii Dall, 1889a, p. 61, [Dall 1902a, pl. 30, fig. 5]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Great Isaac Light, Bahamas
Range: 28°N to 9.4°N; 89°W to 65°W
Depth: 0 to 55 m
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Panama, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Dall (1889a) D; Olsson & McGinty (1958) dS; Usticke (1959) E; Christiaens (1989) c; Odé (1990c) NW
Comments: J. P. E. Morrison (unpublished) placed this species in Phenacolepadidae based on examination of the radula; the radular slide is preserved at USNM.
Combining Genera:  Hyalopatina Phenacolepas


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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