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Gastropoda: : Umbraculoidea: Umbraculidae

Umbraculum umbraculum (Lightfoot, 1786)


Range: 32.3°N to 16°S; 94°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 85 m (live 78 to 74 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 92  mm

Synonymy

Patella umbraculum Lightfoot, 1786
Patella sinica Gmelin, 1791
Patella umbellata Gmelin, 1791
Umbrella mediterranea Lamarck, 1812
Umbraculum chinense Schumacher, 1817
Parmophorus patelloide Cantraine, 1835
Umbrella lamarckiana Récluz, 1843
Umbrella ovalis Carpenter, 1856
Operculatum bermudense Mörch, 1875
Umbrella plicatula Martens, 1881

Details


Patella umbraculum Lightfoot, 1786, p. 178, [Humphrey (i.e., Da Costa 1770), Conchology, pl. 5, fig. 5]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: Chemnitz, 1788; Roding, 1798
Type Locality: China
Range: 28°N to 13°S; 94°W to 69°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m
Maximum Reported Size: 92 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Honduras: Roatan Island; Costa Rica, Colombia
References: Odé (1990c) NW; Espinosa & Ortea (2003a); Wägele, Vonnemann & Rudman (2006); Kalafut (2007b); ANSP M
Comments: Live animal to 280 mm (Valdés et al. 2006).

Operculatum bermudense Mörch, 1875b, p. 179
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N to 25°N; 81°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: Florida Strait (offshore), Bermuda
References: Mörch (1875) E; Dall (1889b) NWM

Umbraculum chinense Schumacher, 1817, 
[Synonym]

Umbrella lamarckiana Récluz, 1843, 
[Synonym]

Umbrella mediterranea Lamarck, 1812, 
[Synonym]
Range: 8°S to 16°S; 14.4°W to 0°W
Distribution: Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: E. A. Smith (1890b) S; Rosewater (1975) NW{S}; Sabelli et al. (1990) s; Wägele, Vonnemann & Rudman (2006) s

Umbrella ovalis Carpenter, 1856, 
[Synonym]

Parmophorus patelloide Cantraine, 1835, 
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s

Umbrella plicatula Martens, 1881, 
[Synonym]
Range: 28°N to 13°S; 80°W to 34.43°W
Depth: 0 to 85 m (live 78 to 74 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 79 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Dry Tortugas; Colombia, Cuba: Havana Province, Matanzas; Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Pernambuco, Sergipe
References: Marcus & Marcus (1967a) Ll; Ev. Marcus (1971) DE

Patella sinica Gmelin, 1791, 
[Synonym]

Patella umbellata Gmelin, 1791, p. 3720, [Chemnitz 1788, pl. 169, figs. 1645-1646; several others]
[Synonym]
Attributed to: delle Chiaje (1830)
Type Locality: Oceano Indico
References: Rehder (1967) 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.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.
[Lightfoot, J.] 1786. Catalogue of the Portland Museum  viii + 3-194, frontispiece.

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