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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Aesopus stearnsii (Tryon, 1883)


Range: 34°N to 23°S; 82.5°W to 43°W
Depth: 7 to 51 m (live 11 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Nitidella filosa Stearns, 1873
Seminella stearnsii Tryon, 1883
Columbella stearnsii (Tryon, 1883) 

Details


Seminella stearnsii Tryon, 1883,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 34°N to 23°S; 82.5°W to 43°W
Depth: 7 to 51 m (live 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Colombia, Bermuda, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Simpson (1887a) W; Waller (1973) D; Lyons (1989b) dl
Combining Genera:  Columbella

Nitidella filosa Stearns, 1873, p. 345-346, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Shores of Tampa Bay, West Florida
Range: 27.7°N ; 82.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.1 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida
References: Stearns (1873) NSEWM; Tryon (1883) s; Radwin (1978) T
Comments: Non Angas, 1867.


Partial List of References

Stearns, R. E. C. 1873. Descriptions of new marine shells from the west coast of Florida Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 25 344-347.

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