Range: 32.3°N ; 64.7°W Depth: 4 to 34 m Maximum Reported Size: 2.6 mm
Synonymy
Alvania didyma auct. non Watson, 1886 Rissoa platycephala auct. non Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896 Alvania bermudensis Faber & Moolenbeek, 1987
Details
Alvania (Simulamerelina) bermudensisFaber & Moolenbeek, 1987, p. 69-70, figs. 1-4 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Gibbons Bay, Bermuda Range: 32.3°N ; 64.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 2.6 mm Distribution: Bermuda References: Faber & Moolenbeek (1987) NSEWM
Alvania didyma auct. non Watson, 1886, [Not available] Range: 32.3°N ; 64.7°W Depth: 34 m Distribution: Bermuda References: Waller (1973) D; Faber & Moolenbeek (1987) s Comments: Misidentification by Waller (1973).
Rissoa platycephala auct. non Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896, [Not available] Range: 32.3°N ; 64.7°W Depth: 4 m Maximum Reported Size: 2.4 mm Distribution: Bermuda References: Waller (1973) DdNSEWM; Faber & Moolenbeek (1987) s Comments: Misidentification by Verrill & Bush (1900); platycephala is from the Azores. Aguayo's (1935) record from Chorrera, Habana, Cuba may belong here.
Partial List of References
Faber, M. J. and R. G. Moolenbeek. 1987. On doubtful records of Alvania platycephala, Alvania pagodula and Alvania didyma, with the description of two new rissoid species (Mollusca; Gastropoda: Rissoidae) Beaufortia 37 67-71. [Stated date: 09 Nov 1987.]
