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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Bursidae

Bursa rhodostoma thomae (d'Orbigny, 1847)


Range: 34°N to 20.92°S; 93.8°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 250 m (live 0 to 97 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35  mm

Synonymy

Gyrineum cruentatum auct. non Sowerby, 1841
Ranella thomae d'Orbigny, 1847

Details


Ranella thomae d'Orbigny, 1847b, p. 164, pl. 23, fig. 23
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Saint-Thomas
Range: 34°N to 20.92°S; 93.8°W to 5.7°W
Depth: 0 to 250 m (live 0 to 97 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 35 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: New Providence; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Brazil: Fernando de Noronha, Alagoas, Bahia; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: E. A. Smith (1890b) E; Porter (1974) N; Lipka (1974) W; Odé (1982a) M; Lightbourn (1991); Leal (1991b) cDLS; Fernández Milera (1998); García (2000); García (2007b)
Comments: Beu (1998) considers this 'at best a weakly differentiated geographic subspecies, B. rhodostoma thomae' distinguished only by having a paler, white to pale mauve aperture.

Gyrineum cruentatum auct. non Sowerby, 1841, 
[Not available]
References: Warmke & Abbott (1961) s
Comments: Misidentification by Dall & Simpson (1901).


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1847. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 129-224, pls. 22-25?. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: pre May?]

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