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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium turritellula (Mörch, 1875)


Range: 22°N to 11.5°N; 80.5°W to 63°W
Depth: 6 to 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5  mm

Synonymy

Scala riisei Mörch, 1875
Scala turritellula Mörch, 1875
Scala stylina Dall, 1889

Details


Scala turritellula Mörch, 1875a, p. 264
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Martin
Range: 22°N to 11.5°N; 80.5°W to 63°W
Depth: 6 to 40 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: Venezuela: Los Testigos; Cuba: Cienfuegos; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten
References: Dautzenberg (1900) DSW; Espinosa & Fernández-Garcés (1990b) dNEM
Comments: The Florida record of Sunderland (1989a) needs confirmation.

Scala turritellula var. riisei Mörch, 1875a, p. 264
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Porto Plata; St. Thomas
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1875a) M; Clench & Turner (1952) s

Scala rushii var. stylina Dall, 1889a, p. 313
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Samana Bay, St. Domingo
Range: 19°N ; 69°W
Distribution: Dominican Republic
References: Dall (1889a) NSEW; Clench & Turner (1952) s


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis familiae Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Oversigt over Vestindiens Scalarier Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn ?? 250-268. [Stated date: 27 May 1875.]

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