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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Buccinidae

Engoniophos unicinctus (Say, 1826)


Range: 21.02°N to 10.5°N; 97.36°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m (live 6 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 30  mm

Synonymy

Nassa unicincta Say, 1826
Strongylocera unicinctus (Say, 1826) 
Pallacera unicinctus (Say, 1826) 
Nassa pallida Powys, 1835
Phos pallidus (Powys, 1835) 
Antillophos candei auct. non d'Orbigny, 1846
Pallacera guadelupensis (Petit, 1852) 
Nassa guadelupensis Petit, 1852
Strongylocera textilina Mörch, 1852

Details


Nassa unicincta Say, 1826, p. 211-212, [Say 1834, pl. 57, fig. 1, 1a]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Coast of South Carolina [in error]
Range: 18°N to 11.95°N; 87°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 2 to 18 m (live 6 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Colombia: Offshore islands; Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre, Islas Los Roques, Isla Margarita; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua, Guadeloupe
References: Dall & Simpson (1901) NE; Work (1969) S; Macsotay & Campos (2001) L
Combining Genera:  Pallacera Strongylocera

Antillophos candei auct. non d'Orbigny, 1846, 
[Not available]
Range: 21.02°N to 18.43°N; 97.36°W to 93.4°W
Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz
References: García-Cubas & Reguero (1990) SE; Reguero et al. (1991) NW
Comments: Misidentification by García-Cubas & Reguero (1990).

Nassa guadeloupensis sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for guadelupensis by Dall (1889a).

Nassa guadelupensis Petit, 1852b, p. 56-57, pl. 2, fig. 3-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Guadeloupe, ā l'extrémité sud de la grande baie, au-dessons du fort Fleur-d'Epée
Range: 18°N to 10.5°N; 77°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 6 m (live 6 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela; Jamaica, Guadeloupe
References: Petit (1852b) EM
Combining Genera:  Pallacera

Nassa pallida Powys, 1835, p. 96
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ad Panamam, 6 fathoms
Range: 11.5°N to 11.3°N; 74°W to 73°W
Depth: 0 to 6 m
Maximum Reported Size: 30 mm
Distribution: Colombia
References: Powys (1835) M; Dautzenberg (1900) DdNSEW; Cernohorsky (1984) s
Combining Genera:  Phos

Strongylocera textilina Mörch, 1852, p. 80, [Lister 965, fig. 20]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Antilles
References: Mörch (1853) s (of guadelupensis)


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1852. Catalogus Conchyliorum quae Reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi. Fasciculus Primus  [vi] + 170 pp. Hafniae. [Stated date: -- --- 1852; true date: pre 1 Oct.]
Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1852. Description de coquilles nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 3 51-59, pl. 2. [Stated date: 01 Mar 1852.]
Powys, W. T. 1835. Characters of new species of shells collected by Mr. Cuming Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 3 94-96.
Say, T. 1826. Descriptions of marine shells recently discovered on the coast of the United States Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5 207-221. [True date: -- Feb 1826.]

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