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Gastropoda: : Fissurelloidea: Fissurellidae

Cornisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883)


Range: 32.72°N to 18.64°N; 91°W to 65.09°W
Depth: 291 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5  mm

Synonymy

Puncturella rostrata auct. non Seguenza, 1863
Fissurisepta acuminata (Watson, 1883) 
Puncturella acuminata Watson, 1883
Puncturella triangulata Dall, 1889
Fissurisepta triangulata (Dall, 1889) 

Details


Puncturella (Fissurisepta) acuminata Watson, 1883b, p. 38
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 24, north of Culebra Island
Range: 32.72°N to 18.64°N; 90°W to 65.09°W
Depth: 291 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana; Mexico: Gulf of Campeche, Cozumel; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Watson (1883b) DSE; Pérez Farfante (1947) N; Odé (1988d) W; McLean & Geiger (1998) c
Combining Genera:  Fissurisepta

Puncturella rostrata auct. non Seguenza, 1863, 
[Not available]
References: Dall (1889a) s
Comments: Misidentification by Watson (1883b).

Puncturella (Fissurisepta) triangulata Dall, 1889a, p. 404, [Watson 1885, pl. 5, fig. 10]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: [Challenger sta. 24, off Culebra]; Coast of Yucatan [i.e., USFC sta. 2358, off Cozumel, 222 fathoms (Dall 1890a: 357)]
Range: 30.98°N to 21°N; 91°W to 79.64°W
Depth: 366 to 538 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: Georgia; Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula
References: Dall (1889a) d; Dall (1927b) DNSEW; Pérez Farfante (1947) s; McLean & Geiger (1998) s
Combining Genera:  Fissurisepta


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.]
Watson, R. B. 1883. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XVI Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 17 26-40. [Stated date: 24 Mar 1883.]

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