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Gastropoda: : Limapontoidea: Limapontiidae

Ercolania viridis (A. Costa, 1866)


Range: 34°N to 4°N; 83.08°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10  mm

Synonymy

Embletonia nigrovittata A. Costa, 1866
Embletonia viridis A. Costa, 1866
Embletonia funerea A. Costa, 1867
Stiliger funerea (A. Costa, 1867) 
Ercolania pancerii Trinchese, 1872
Ercolania siottii Trinchese, 1872
Ercolania uziellii Trinchese, 1872
Ercolania selva Ortea & Espinosa, 2001

Details


Embletonia viridis A. Costa, 1866,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 34°N to 4°N; 83°W to 51°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: West Florida; Costa Rica, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Brazil
References: Valdés et al. (2006) NSEWM
Comments: Schmekel & Portmann (1982) implied that Eliot (1906b) treated Embletonia viridis A. Costa, 1866 as preoccupied by Pterochilus viridis Kelaart, 1859, but Eliot (1906b) did not mention Costa's taxon. Apparently no author before 1960 rejected Costa's name as a secondary homonym, so it remains valid (ICZN Article 59).

Ercolania ciottii sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for siottii by Sabelli et al. (1990).

Embletonia funerea A. Costa, 1867, 
[Synonym]
Range: 29.15°N to 12°N; 83.08°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; ABC Islands: Curacao; Puerto Rico
References: Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) SM; Ev. Marcus (1972a) NW; Jensen & Clark (1983) E{NW}; Valdés et al. (2006) s
Combining Genera:  Stiliger

Embletonia nigrovittata A. Costa, 1866, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s (of E. funerea)

Ercolania pancerii Trinchese, 1872, 
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s (of E. funerea)

Ercolania selva Ortea & Espinosa, 2001c, p. 45-47, fig. 11A-D
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Manzanillo, [Limón, Costa Rica]
Range: 9.63°N ; 82.65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: Costa Rica
References: Ortea & Espinosa (2001c) NSEWM; Valdés et al. (2006) s

Ercolania siettii sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for siottii by Zoological Record for 1872.

Ercolania siottii Trinchese, 1872, 
[Synonymy uncertain]

Ercolania uziellii Trinchese, 1872, 
[Synonym]
References: Sabelli et al. (1990) s (of E. funerea)


Partial List of References

Ortea, J. and J. Espinosa. 2001. Descripción de una nueva especie de Ercolania Trinchese, 1872 Avicennia, Suplemento 4 45-47. [True date: pre Nov 8.]

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