Range: 37°N to 24°S; 97.07°W to 20°W Depth: 0 to 116 m (live 3 to 23 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Synonymy
Ovulum inflexum Sowerby I, 1833 Simnia uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) Neosimnia uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) Cymbula uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) Volva uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) Radius uniplicata (Sowerby II, 1849) Ovulum uniplicatum Sowerby II, 1849 Ovulum antillarum Reeve, 1865 Ovula carolinensis Mörch, 1877 Amphiperas canadinensis Weinkauff, 1882 Simnialena marferula Cate, 1973 Simnia marferula (Cate, 1973) Simnialena ilhabelaensis Fehse, 2001
Details
Ovulum uniplicatumSowerby II, 1849a, p. 135-136, [Sowerby II 1849b, pl. 100, fig. 30-32] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Charleston, South Carolina; Rio de Janeiro Range: 37°N to 24°S; 90.5°W to 41°W Depth: 1 to 116 m (live 3 to 23 m) Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm Distribution: USA: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Colombia: Offshore islands; Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla la Blanquilla; Bermuda, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo References: Calkins (1878) {W}; A. E. Verrill (1901); Porter (1974) Dl; Hopkins et al. (1977) L; Princz (1987); Gundersen (1998) M; García (2007b) W Comments: Ovulum inflexum is an older name, but uniplicata is maintained for stability of nomenclature. Combining Genera: Cymbula Neosimnia Radius Simnia Volva
Ovulum antillarumReeve, 1865b, pl. 14, fig. 64a-b [Synonym] Type Locality: West Indies Maximum Reported Size: 11.5 mm References: Reeve (1865b) M; Maury (1922) s Comments: Treated as valid by Fehse (2001).
Amphiperas canadiensis sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for canadinensis by Tryon (1885).
Amphiperas canadinensis Weinkauff, 1882, [Not available] Attributed to: Mörch Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of Ovula uniplicata; possibly a misspelling of carolinensis.
Ovula (Rhizorus) carolinensisMörch, 1877b, p. 54 [Synonym] Type Locality: Charleston, South Carolina Range: 32.8°N ; 80°W Maximum Reported Size: 20.5 mm Distribution: USA: South Carolina References: Mörch (1877b) NSEWM; Maury (1922) s
Simnialena ilhabelaensisFehse, 2001, p. 40-42, fig. 4 [Synonym] Type Locality: Norden von Ilhabela, Sao Paulo State, Brasil, 20 m Range: 23.8°S to 23.8°S; 45.3°W to 20°W Depth: 20 m (live 20 m) Maximum Reported Size: 13.1 mm Distribution: Brazil: Sao Paulo References: Fehse (2001) DdLlNSEWM; Simone (2004) s
Ovulum inflexum Sowerby I in Broderip & Sowerby, 1833a, p. 173 [Synonym] Type Locality: In America Centrali (Gulf of Dulce) Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm References: Broderip & Sowerby (1833a) M Comments: Name has been incorrectly considered to be Eastern Pacific.
Simnialena marferulaCate, 1973, p. 75, fig. 165 [Synonym] Type Locality: Port Aransas, Texas, 24°45'N; 97°50'W [sic, 27°50'N, 97°04] Range: 30°N to 26°N; 97.07°W to 94°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 15.4 mm Distribution: USA: Texas References: J. Andrews (1977) NSEW; Boone (1983a) dM; Boone (1983b) Combining Genera: Simnia
Partial List of References
Broderip, W. J. and G. B. Sowerby. 1833. [The collection of Shells formed by Mr. Cuming on the western coast of South America, and among the islands of the Southern Pacific Ocean] Proceedings of the Committee of Science and Correspondence of the Zoological Society of London 2 173-179. [True date: 14 Jan 1833.] Cate, C. N. 1973. A systematic revision of the Recent cypraeid family Ovulidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Veliger 15 (supplement) 116 + [1] pp., [51]. [Stated date: 31 Jan 1973.] Fehse, D. 2001. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Ovulidae: VI. Zwei neue Arten im Cyphoma-Pseduocyphoma-Komplex und eine neue Simnialena aus dem süwestlichen Atlantick. (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Schriften zur Malakozoologie 17 36-42. [Stated date: 20 Dec 2001.] Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123. Reeve, L. 1865. Monograph of the genus Ovulum Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1-14 Sowerby, G. B., II. 1849. Descriptions of some new species of Ovulum in the collection of Mr. Cuming Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 16 135-136. [Stated date: post Nov 28; true date: 25 Apr 1849.]
