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Gastropoda: : Littorinoidea: Pickworthiidae

Sansonia tuberculata (Watson, 1886)


Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 65.09°W
Depth: 5 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5  mm

Synonymy

Iphitus tuberculatus Watson, 1886
Mecoliotia bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1936

Details


Iphitus tuberculatus Watson, 1886, p. 583, pl. 46, figs. 5a-c
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 24, 18°38'30"N, 65°5'30"W, off Culebra Island, West Indies, 390 fathoms
Range: 26°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 65.09°W
Depth: 5 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; USA: Louisiana, Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth, Isle of Pines), Archipielago de los Canarreos; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Watson (1886) DE{M}; Radwin (1969) S; Robinson & Montoya (1987) {W}; Odé (1987b) WM; Rolán et al. (1990); Redfern (2001)

Mecoliotia bermudezi Clench & Aguayo, 1936, p. 92-93, pl. 5, fig. 3
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Pleistocene formation, 1/2 km. south of the mouth of the Rio Canimar, Matanzas, Cuba
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
References: Clench & Aguayo (1936) M; Abbott (1974) s; Le Renard & Bouchet (2003) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and C. G. Aguayo. 1936. A new Pleistocene Mecoliotia from Cuba Nautilus 49 91-93, pl. 5. [Stated date: -- Jan 1936.]
Watson, R. B. 1886. Report on the Scaphopoda and Gasteropoda collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876 Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger, Zoology 15(2) i-v, 1-680, 692-756, 50 pls. Her Majesty's Government: London. [Stated date: -- --- 1886; true date: post Aug 9.]

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