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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Vermetidae

Petaloconchus varians (d'Orbigny, 1839)


Range: 32.3°N to 28°S; 90.5°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 200  mm

Synonymy

Vermetus varians d'Orbigny, 1839
Vermetus badius Mörch, 1862
Vermetus candidissimus Mörch, 1862
Vermetus carpenteri Mörch, 1862
Vermetus costatus Mörch, 1862
Vermetus gordialis Mörch, 1862
Vermetus monile Mörch, 1862
Vermetus occlusus Mörch, 1862
Vermetus perlatus Mörch, 1862
Vermetus personatus Mörch, 1862
Vermetus proboscis Mörch, 1862
Vermetus retifer Mörch, 1862
Vermetus electrinus Mörch, 1877

Details


Vermetus varians d'Orbigny, 1839, p. 456-457 [1841], pl. 54, figs. 7-10 [1839]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Rio de Janeiro
Range: 32.3°N to 28°S; 90.5°W to 32.5°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 200 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Pernambuco, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina
References: Princz (1981); Díaz & Puyana (1994) M
Comments: 28°N in Florida.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. [ ] badia Mörch, 1862a, p. 340
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. ? candidissima Mörch, 1862a, p. 340
[Not available]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. ? carpenteri Mörch, 1862a, p. 339
[Not available]
Type Locality: St. Vincent
Range: 15°N to 13.3°N; 83°W to 61.3°W
Distribution: Honduras; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. [ ] costata Mörch, 1862a, p. 341
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus electrinus Mörch, 1877b, p. 340
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1877b) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific in Mörch (1862:340).

Vermetus (Vermetus) conica var. ? gordialis Mörch, 1862a, p. 342-343
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. gamma monile Mörch, 1862a, p. 339
[Not available]
Type Locality: Honduras
Range: 15°N ; 83°W
Distribution: Honduras
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. ß occlusa Mörch, 1862a, p. 339
[Not available]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) varians var. [ ] perlata Mörch, 1862a, p. 241
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) conica var. ? personata Mörch, 1862a, p. 341-342
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Croix
Range: 17.7°N ; 64.8°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) conica var. ? proboscis Mörch, 1862a, p. 343
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.

Vermetus (Vermetus) conica var. [ ] retifera Mörch, 1862a, p. 343-344
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1862a) NSEW
Comments: Infrasubspecific.


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1839. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 pls. 54, 59-66, 68-69. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1839.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1862. Review of the Vermetidae (Part II) Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1861 326-365. [Stated date: 12 Nov 1861; true date: -- Apr 1862.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.

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