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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Diacria trispinosa (Blainville, 1821)


Range: 50°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 4791 m (live 10 to 219 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Hyalaea cuspidata auct. non Bosc, 1802
Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821
Pleuropus trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) 
Cavolina trispinosa (Blainville, 1821) 
Pleuropus mucronata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1827) 
Hyalaea mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827
Hyalaea depressa Bivona, 1832
Clio depressa (Bivona, 1832) 
Cleodora infundibulum S. V. Wood, 1842
Hyalia aculeata (d'Orbigny, 1846) 
Hyalaea aculeata d'Orbigny, 1846
Clio compressa (Souleyet, 1851) 
Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1851
Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853
Cavolinia bisulcata (Gabb, 1873) 
Diacria bisulcata Gabb, 1873
Hyalaea minor Boas, 1886
Diacria atlantica L. Dupont, 1979

Details


Hyalaea trispinosa Blainville, 1821,
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Lesueur MS
Range: 50°N to 42°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 4791 m (live 10 to 219 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Venezuela: Falcon; Bermuda, Cuba, Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Sombrero Island, Guyana, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas; Oceanic
References: Pfeffer (1879); Pelseneer (1888); Bush (1893) D; Dall & Simpson (1901); Chen & Bé (1964) dl; Princz (1977); Bé & Gilmer (1977) L{l}NSEW; Princz & González (1982); Odé (1991b) {Dd}
Combining Genera:  Cavolina Pleuropus

Hyalaea aculeata d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 687, 691, pl. 7, figs. 1-5; pl. 20, figs. 1-2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: l'Océan Atlantique et jamias dans le grand Océan
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Combining Genera:  Hyalia

Diacria trispinosa f. atlantica L. Dupont, 1979, p. 42-44, figs. 4, 6-7, 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 39°21'N, 21°51'W; Dana Expedition sta. 1380 IV
Range: 40°N ; 65°W to 10°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: Oceanic
References: Dupont (1979) NSEWM; Rampal (2002) s
Comments: Infrasubspecific name in Dupont (1979) so not available from there; Bontes & van der Spoel (1998) may be the first to have validated the name, having treated it as a valid species.

Diacria bisulcata Gabb, 1873, p. 200, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Miocene', Santo Domingo
References: Janssen (1999) sT
Comments: Described as a fossil from the Dominican Republic.
Combining Genera:  Cavolinia

Cleodora compressa Souleyet, 1851, p. 32, [Souleyet 1849, pl. 6, figs. 26-32]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Eydoux & Souleyet (1852)
Type Locality: Not stated [l'océan Atlantique (Souleyet 1852b)]
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
References: Souleyet (1852b: 181) m; van der Spoel (1967) s
Combining Genera:  Clio

Hyalaea cuspidata auct. non Bosc, 1802, 
[Not available]
References: Pelseneer (1888) s; van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Misidentification by delle Chiaje (1844).

Hyalaea depressa Bivona, 1832, 
[Synonym]
References: Pelseneer (1888) s; van der Spoel (1967) s
Combining Genera:  Clio

Cleodora infundibulum S. V. Wood, 1842, p. 459, pl. 5, fig. 13
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Coralline Crag, Sutton [England]
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
References: S. V. Wood (1842) M; van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Hyalaea trispinosa var. minor Boas, 1886, p. 95, 210
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Atlantic and Indian Oceans
References: van der Spoel (1967) s

Hyalaea mucronata Quoy & Gaimard, 1827, 
[Synonym]
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
References: d'Orbigny (1836) M; Pelseneer (1888) s; van der Spoel (1967) s
Combining Genera:  Pleuropus

Hyalaea reeveana Dunker, 1853, 
[Synonym]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s


Partial List of References

Boas, J. E. V. 1886. Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Pteropodernes, Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling (6)4 1-231, pls. 1-8.
d'Orbigny, A. 1846. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 489-728 [and 729-758?]. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1846.]
Dupont, L. 1979. Note on variation in Diacria Gray, 1847, with descriptions of a species new to science, Diacria rampali nov. spec., and a forma new to science, Diacria trispinosa forma atlantica nov. forma Malacologia 18 37-52. [Stated date: -- --- 1979; true date: pre 18 May.]
Gabb, W. M. 1873. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (ns)15 49-259, 2 fold-out maps.
Souleyet. 1851. Ordre des Ptéropodes Journal de Conchyliologie 2 28-38. [Stated date: 25 May 1851.]
Wood, S. V. 1842. A catalogue of shells from the Crag Annals and Magazine of Natural History 9 455-462. [Stated date: -- Aug 1842.]

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