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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Murchisonellidae

Murchisonella spectrum (Mörch, 1875)


Range: 32.3°N to 8°S; 94.68°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8  mm

Synonymy

Murchisonia spectrum Mörch, 1875
Aclis bermudensis Dall & Bartsch, 1911
Bermudaclis bermudensis (Dall & Bartsch, 1911) 
Bermudaclis tampaensis Bartsch, 1947

Details


Murchisonia (Murchisonella) spectrum Mörch, 1875b, p. 184, [Faber 2005b, figs. 35-37]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 25°N to 12.2°N; 88°W to 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Belize, Honduras; ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao, Bonaire; Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Bahamas: New Providence, San Salvador (Watling Is.); Turks and Caicos, Cuba: unlocalized; Jamaica, Dominican Republic; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, Virgin Gorda; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: Mörch (1875b) M; Jong & Coomans (1988: 59); Faber (2005b) vNSEWT

Aclis bermudensis Dall & Bartsch, 1911, p. 278-279, pl. 35, fig. 5
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N to 8°S; 94.68°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 3.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Bermuda, Brazil: Pernambuco
References: Dall & Bartsch (1911) N{E}; Waller (1973) {d}; Odé (1987a) D; Rios (1994) dSE; Faber (2005b) s; HMNS W
Comments: Do not confuse with Ebala bermudensis (Dall & Bartsch, 1911).
Combining Genera:  Bermudaclis

Bermudaclis tampaensis Bartsch, 1947, p. 2-3, pl. 1, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Tampa Bay at St. Petersburg, Florida
Range: 28°N ; 83°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Bartsch (1947) DdNSEWM; Faber (2005b) s


Partial List of References

Bartsch, P. 1947. A monograph of the west Atlantic mollusks of the family Aclididae Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 106(20) 1-29, pls. 1-6. [Stated date: 24 Feb 1947.]
Dall, W. H. and P. Bartsch. 1911. New species of shells from Bermuda Proceedings of the United States National Museum 40(1820) 277-288, pl. 35. [Stated date: 08 May 1911.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.

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