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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cypraeoidea: Ovulidae

Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
Not found in the Western Atlantic


Maximum Reported Size: 9.4  mm

Synonymy

Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840
Calyptraea polymorpha Calcara, 1842
Thyreus paradoxus Philippi, 1844
Gadinia lateralis auct. non Requien, 1848
Pedicularia deshayesiana Seguenza, 1865
Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897
Pedicularia sublaevigata Locard, 1897

Details


Pedicularia sicula Swainson, 1840, p. 357, 244-245, fig. 44
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Sicily
Comments: Sometimes considered an older name for P. decussata, but here considered to be restricted to the Eastern Atlantic, following Bouchet & Warén (1993).

Pedicularia decurvata Locard, 1897b, p. 96-99, pl. 3, fig. 12-15
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Talisman 1883, dragage 128, 129, Açores
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Azores
References: Locard (1897b) M; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Pedicularia deshayesiana Seguenza, 1865, 
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s

Gadinia lateralis auct. non Requien, 1848, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification.

Thyreus paradoxus Philippi, 1844a, p. 92-93, pl. 18, fig. 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 9.4 mm
References: Philippi (1844a) M; Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Calyptraea polymorpha Calcara, 1842, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s

Pedicularia sicula var. sublaevigata Locard, 1897b, p. 99
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Açores
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Azores
References: Bouchet & Warén (1993) s


Partial List of References

Locard, A. 1897. Mollusques Testacés, tome premier Expéditions Scientifiques du Travailleur et du Talisman vi + 516, 22 pls. Masson: Paris.
Philippi, R. A. 1844. Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae Enumeratio Molluscorum Siciliae 2 iv + 303 pp., pls. 13-28. Eduardi Anton: Halis Saxonum.
Swainson, W. 1840. A treatise on Malacology  viii + 419 pp., frontispiece. Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans and John Taylor: London.

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