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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium venosum (Sowerby II, 1844)


Range: 21.5°N to 9.4°N; 79.9°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 61 to 61 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria venosa Sowerby II, 1844
Scalaria modesta C. B. Adams, 1845
Scala erectispina Mörch, 1875

Details


Scalaria venosa Sowerby II, 1844, p. 89 [bis], pl. 33, figs. 72-73
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: West Indies
Range: 21.5°N to 9.4°N; 79.9°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 61 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Panama, Venezuela: Carabobo; Cuba: Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth, Isle of Pines); Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Nevis, Barbados
References: Clench & Turner (1951) NSW; Sunderland (1990c) DdEM
Comments: Melvill's (1881) record from Key West needs confirmation.

Scala erectispina Mörch, 1875a, p. 258
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.75 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1875a) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1951) s

Scalaria modesta C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 7, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10.2 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1845) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1951) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
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.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1844. Monograph of the genus Scalaria Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 83 [bis]-108 [bis], pls. 32-35 [True date: pre Apr 11.]

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