Ovulum avena Sowerby II, 1832 Neosimnia ruthturnerae Cate, 1973
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Ovulum avena Sowerby II, 1832, [Basis of the current name]
Neosimnia avena ruthturneraeCate, 1973, p. 92, fig. 207 [Synonym] Type Locality: Florida Keys Maximum Reported Size: 7.4 mm References: Cate (1973) M Comments: Cate named Neosimnia avena ruthturnerae as a Western Atlantic subspecies of the Eastern Pacific N. avena avena. The holotype was supposedly collected in the Florida Keys in 1872. As no more specimens have been found in this intensively collected area, the type locality is regarded as erroneous and N. avena ruthturnerae is synonymized with N. avena.
Partial List of References
Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Veliger 15 (supplement) 116 + [1] pp., [51]. [Stated date: 31 Jan 1973.]
