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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Lucapina sowerbii (Sowerby I, 1835)


Range: 27.9°N to 23°S; 93.8°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 0 to 225 m (live 0 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Fissurella cancellata Sowerby I, 1835
Lucapina elegans Sowerby I, 1835
Foraminella sowerbii Sowerby I, 1835
Lucapina adspersa auct. non Philippi, 1845
Fissurella lentiginosa Reeve, 1850
Lucapina fasciata Dall, 1884

Details


Foraminella sowerbii Sowerby I, 1835g, pl. 72, fig. 29
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Guilding MS
Type Locality: St. Vincent
Range: 27.9°N to 23°S; 93.8°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 0 to 45 m (live 0 to 44 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Flower Garden Banks; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Bahia, Abrolhos Islands, Trindade Island
References: Parker & Curray (1956) DLNW; Jong & Coomans (1988) M; Redfern (2001) dl
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Fissurella cancellata Sowerby I, 1835a; used as valid by Pérez Farfante (1943a: 14).

Lucapina adspersa auct. non Philippi, 1845, 
[Not available]
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) s
Comments: Misidentification by Warmke & Abbott (1961).

Fissurella cancellata Sowerby I, 1835a,  pl. 72, fig. 29
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Attributed to: Solander MS
Type Locality: St. Vincent
Range: 26.2°N to 13.3°N; 82°W to 61.3°W
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Sowerby I (1835a) M; Higgins & Marrat (1877) SE; Pérez Farfante (1943a) s; Perry et al. (1938) NW
Comments: Non Gray, 1825; nude name in Sowerby I, 1825. See also cancellata auct. = suffusa.

Lucapina elegans Sowerby I, 1835g,  pl. 72, fig. 29
[Not available]
Attributed to: Gray MS
Type Locality: St. Vincent
Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Fissurella cancellata Sowerby I, 1835a. Not available, as not validated before 1961.

Lucapina? fasciata Dall, 1884, p. 336
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Pfeiffer
Type Locality: Key West, Florida
Range: 24.6°N ; 81.8°W
Depth: 0 m
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Fissurella lentiginosa Reeve, 1850a,  pl. 13, fig. 97
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Pérez Farfante (1943a) s

Lucapina sowerbyi sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 25°N to 4°N; 82.5°W to 51°W
Depth: 0 to 225 m
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas
References: Fernández Milera (1998) DdNSEWM
Comments: Misspelling of sowerbii by Fernández Milera (1998: 32).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1884. On a collection of shells sent from Florida by Mr. Henry Hemphill Proceedings of the United States National Museum 6(384) 318-342, pl. 10. [Stated date: -- --- 1883; true date: -- Jan 1884.]
Reeve, L. 1850. Monograph of the genus Fissurella Conchologia Iconica 6 pls. 9-16
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Fissurella Conchological Illustrations pls. 72-75 [True date: -- Jan 1835.]
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1835. Fissurella Conchological Illustrations pp. 1-8, pl. 80 [True date: 30 Jun 1835.]

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