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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Costoanachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859)


Range: 32.3°N to 27°S; 92°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0.5 to 80 m (live 0.5 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12  mm

Synonymy

Anachis terpsichore auct. non Sowerby, 1822
Buccinum mitrula Philippi, 1849
Columbella antillarum Reeve, 1859
Columbella sparsa Reeve, 1859
Anachis sparsa (Reeve, 1859) 

Details


Columbella sparsa Reeve, 1859a, pl. 31, fig. 200a-b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 27°S; 92°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0.5 to 80 m (live 0.5 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre; Bermuda, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina
References: Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Cosel (1986) dl; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) D; Díaz et al. (1990) L; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Faber (2004)
Comments: Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) 27.45°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Anachis

Columbella antillarum Reeve, 1859a,  pl. 30, fig. 196
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Kaicher (1984a) vT; Monsecour & Koehler (2006) s

Buccinum mitrula Philippi, 1849, 
[Synonym]
References: Monsecour & Koehler (2006) s

Anachis terpsichore auct. non Sowerby, 1822, 
[Not available]
References: Cosel (1986) s
Comments: Misidentification by Rios (1970). Sowerby (1844) and Reeve (1858c) attributed the species, which was described without locality, to Nevis, West Indies, but it is now known to be from the Indian Ocean.


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1859. Monograph of the genus Columbella Conchologia Iconica 11 pls. 1, 24-37

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