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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Skeneinae

Parviturbo tuberculosus (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 18°N to 11°N; 77°W to 64°W
Depth: 6 to 6 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5  mm

Synonymy

Trochus tuberculosus d'Orbigny, 1842
Parviturbo venezuelensis Weisbord, 1962

Details


Trochus (Delphinula) tuberculosa d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 69-70, pl. 19, figs. 28-30
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica and Saint-Thomas
Range: 18°N ; 77°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) NSEWM
Comments: As Delphinula tuberculata in the plate caption, a misspelling unless the plate can be shown to have been published before the text.

Parviturbo venezuelensis Weisbord, 1962, p. 99-101, pl. 7, figs. 5-7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mare formation at W-25, south flank of Punta Gorda anticline, Venezuela
Range: 11°N ; 64°W
Depth: 6 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.3 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre
References: Weisbord (1962) M; J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) DdNSEW; Faber (pers. comm., 13 June 1993) s


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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