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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Monostiolum tessellatum (Reeve, 1844)


Range: 32.3°N to 2°S; 82.3°W to 46°W
Depth: 1 to 42 m (live 6 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Pollia tessellatum (Reeve, 1844) 
Caducifer tessellatum (Reeve, 1844) 
Triton tessellatus Reeve, 1844
Pleurotoma igniflua Reeve, 1845
Daphnella igniflua (Reeve, 1845) 
Pisania igniflua (Reeve, 1845) 
Triton swifti Tryon, 1881
Caducifer swifti (Tryon, 1881) 
Colubraria swifti (Tryon, 1881) 

Details


Triton tessellatus Reeve, 1844b, pl. 19, fig. 91
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Burias, Philippines [in error]
Range: 32.3°N to 2°S; 79.3°W to 46°W
Depth: 6 to 33 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Bermuda, Bahamas: Bimini; Cuba: Guantanamo; Jamaica, Dominican Republic; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Brazil: Maranhao
References: Watters & Finlay (1989) DdNSEWM
Combining Genera:  Caducifer Pollia

Pleurotoma igniflua Reeve, 1845a,  pl. 24, fig. 214
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Cernohorsky (1975) s
Combining Genera:  Daphnella Pisania

Triton swifti Tryon, 1881, 
[Synonym]
Range: 32.3°N to 2°S; 82.3°W to 46°W
Depth: 1 to 42 m (live 6 to 10 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Panama, Colombia, Bermuda, Cuba: North Havana Province; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Maranhao
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) W; Usticke (1959) M; Waller (1973) dl; Reed & Mikkelsen (1987) D; Watters & Finlay (1989) s; Díaz et al. (1990) L
Comments: 27.45°N in east Florida (Reed & Mikkelsen 1987).
Combining Genera:  Caducifer Colubraria


Partial List of References

Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-20
Reeve, L. 1845. Monograph of the genus Pleurotoma Conchologia Iconica 1 pls. 19-33

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