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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Potamididae

Cerithidea scalariformis (Say, 1825)


Range: 33°N to 9.4°N; 90.5°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 33  mm

Synonymy

Pirena scalariformis Say, 1825
Potamides tenuis Pfeiffer, 1839
Cerithidea hanleyana Reeve, 1866

Details


Pirena scalariformis Say, 1825, p. 128-129
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Freshwater lakes of the Florida Keys
Range: 33°N to 9.4°N; 90.5°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Panama, Bermuda, Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Camaguey, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba
References: Bequaert (1942a) NEW; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Fernández Milera (1998); Vegas Torres (2004)

Cerithidea hanleyana Reeve, 1866, 
[Synonym]
References: Bequaert (1942a) s

Potamides tenuis Pfeiffer, 1839b, p. 537, [Faber 2004e, figs. 33-35]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba, Nordküste [Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N to 20°N; 81.2°W to 74°W
Maximum Reported Size: 33 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas; Haiti
References: Pfeiffer (1839b) NWM; Mörch (1876a) SE; Arango (1880); Bequaert (1942a) s; Faber (2004e) T


Partial List of References

Pfeiffer, L. 1839. Bericht über die Ergebnisse meiner Reise nach Cuba im Winter 1838-1839 Archiv für Naturgeschichte 5(1) 346-358.
Say, T. 1825. Descriptions of some new species of fresh water and land snails of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 119-131. [Stated date: -- Sep 1825.]

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