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Gastropoda: : Vanikoroidea: Hipponicidae

Hipponix subrufus (Lamarck, 1822)


Range: 28°N to 20.53°S; 90.5°W to 25°W
Depth: 0 to 780 m (live 10 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Hipponyx cernuus auct. non Gmelin, 1791
Pileopsis subrufa Lamarck, 1822
Capulus subrufus (Lamarck, 1822) 
Hipponyx subrufus (Lamarck, 1822) 
Patella subrufus (Lamarck, 1822) 

Details


Pileopsis subrufa Lamarck, 1822a, p. 18, [Martini, 1769, pl. 12, fig. 113]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Lamarck (1819)
Type Locality: les mers d'Amérique?
Range: 28°N to 20.53°S; 90.5°W to 25°W
Depth: 0 to 780 m (live 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Mexico: Campeche State, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla la Blanquilla; Cuba: Holguin; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique; Brazil: Atol das Rocas, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Abrolhos Islands
References: Princz (1987); Leal (1991b) DLSE; Simone (2002b); Vegas Torres (2004); Hewitt (2005a)
Combining Genera:  Capulus Hipponyx Patella

Hipponyx cernuus auct. non Gmelin, 1791, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misidentification by Mörch (1877).


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 6(2) [iii] + 232 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Apr 1822.]

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