Range: 32.3°N to 26°S; 87°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 0 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Synonymy
Turbo ambiguus Linnaeus, 1767 Narica sulcata auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842 Fossarus orbignyi P. Fischer, 1864 Fossarus tridentatus Usticke, 1959
Details
Turbo ambiguusLinnaeus, 1767, p. 1237-1238, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo Range: 8°S to 16°S; 14.4°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 10 m (live 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm Distribution: Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena References: E. A. Smith (1890b) S
Fossarus orbignyiP. Fischer, 1864, p. 256, [d'Orbigny 1842, pl. 17, fig. 28] [Synonym] Type Locality: Cuba...Guadeloupe...Sainte-Lucie...Jamaïque, etc. Range: 32.3°N to 26°S; 87°W to 32.5°W Depth: 0 to 40 m Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Guadeloupe, Brazil: Para, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina References: Mörch (1877b) M; Princz (1982a); Houbrick (1990); Leal (1991b) D; Redfern (2001) s Comments: Not a replacement name for Narica sulcata d'Orbigny, 1842 (which is a Vanikoro); Fischer cited only d'Orbigny's fig. 28, not figs. 26-27. Possibly conspecific with the Eastern Atlantic Fossarus ambiguus (Linnaeus, 1767) according to Houbrick (1990).
Narica sulcata auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842, [Not available] References: Fischer (1864) s (of orbignyi) Comments: Misidentification by d'Orbigny (1842).
Fossarus orbignyi var. tridentataUsticke, 1959, p. 47-48, pl. 3, fig. 2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Ham Bay, St. Croix Range: 17.8°N to 17°N; 64.9°W to 61.8°W Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua References: Usticke (1959) NW; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s; Usticke (1969) SE; Usticke (1971) M; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T Comments: Listed by Usticke as a variety on p. 47 and a [sub]species on p. 48, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1 (see Boyko & Cordeiro 2001).
Partial List of References
Fischer, P. 1864. Note sur le genre Fossarus, suivie du catalogue des espèces Journal de Conchyliologie 12 252-260. [Stated date: -- Jul 1864.] Linnaeus, C. 1767. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 12th ed., vol. 1(2) 533-1327 + [37]. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
