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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Tegulinae

Tegula viridula (Gmelin, 1791)


Range: 11°N to 28.5°S; 83.08°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 0.3 m (live 0 to 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23  mm

Synonymy

Omphalius viridula (Gmelin, 1791) 
Trochus viridulus Gmelin, 1791
Trochus brasilianus Menke, 1828
Trochus bryonianus W. Wood, 1828

Details


Trochus viridulus Gmelin, 1791, p. 3574, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 171, fig. 1677]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 11°N to 28.5°S; 83.08°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 0.3 m (live 0 to 0.3 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina
References: Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Robinson & Montoya (1987) W; Cosel (1986) DdLlN; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Faber (2006b)
Combining Genera:  Omphalius

Trochus brasilianus Menke, 1828, p. 85
[Synonym]
Type Locality: ad Brasiliae litus marinus, etiam lacuum ad Cabo Frio
Range: 23°S to 23°S; 42°W
Maximum Reported Size: 21.8 mm
Distribution: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro
References: Menke (1828) M; Díaz & Puyana (1994) s

Trochus bryonianus W. Wood, 1828, p. 16, 56, pl. 5, fig. 17
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Sandwich Islands [In error]
References: Keen (1971) s


Partial List of References

Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae.
Menke, K. T. 1828. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum  xii + 91 pp. Author: Pyrmont. [True date: post Feb.]
Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus  viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. [Stated date: post 17 May.]

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