Trochus ziczacGmelin, 1791, p. 3587, [Chemnitz 1781, pl. 166, fig. 1599a-b] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown [Chemnitz figure based on specimen from 'Zuckerinseln', i.e. the sugar growing islands of the Antilles; restricted to Barbados by Bequaert (1943:17)] Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 59.6°W Depth: -3 to 0 m (live -3 to 0 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Falcon, Vargas, Sucre; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, San Salvador (Watling Is.); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman, Cayman Brac; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Mustique, Grenada; Barbados References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Voss & Voss (1960) l; Ekdale (1974) {W}; Princz (1978b); Bandel & Kadolsky (1982) NET; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Fernández Milera (1998); Redfern (2001) M; Williams et al. (2003) c; Vegas Torres (2004); Hewitt (2005a) Comments: 26°N in Florida; Georgia record by Prezant et al. (2002) needs confirmation. Combining Genera: Littorina Nodilittorina
Littorina debilisPhilippi, 1846g, p. 140 [Synonym] Type Locality: Unknown Maximum Reported Size: 9.8 mm References: Philippi (1846g) M; Bandel & Kadolsky (1982) sT
Litorina d'orbignyanaPhilippi, 1847a, p. 162, pl. 3, fig. 2 [Synonym] Type Locality: Cuba; Jamaica; Mte Christi in Columbia occidentali Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm Distribution: Cuba, Jamaica, Martinique References: Philippi (1847a) M; Bandel & Kadolsky (1982) sT
Littorina orbignyana sic, [Not available] Comments: Misspelling by Rios (1985).
Litorina undulataPhilippi, 1847a, p. 163 [Synonym] Attributed to: Menke MS Type Locality: Not stated Comments: Name introduced in synonymy of L. ziczac; non Gray, 1839 nec d'Orbigny, 1841.
Trochus ziczakChemnitz, 1781, p. 69-70, pl. 166, figs. 1599a-b [1600a-b excluded] [Not available] Type Locality: Ufern der Zuckerinseln Comments: Non-binominal, used by Mörch (1876:137).
Littorina zigzagd'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 210-211, pl. 15, figs. 5-8 [Objective synonym of valid name] Attributed to: Chemnitz Range: 23°N to 14.5°N; 82.5°W to 61°W Maximum Reported Size: 23 mm Distribution: Venezuela: Sucre, Isla Margarita; Cuba: North Havana Province; Martinique References: Bandel & Kadolsky (1982); Macsotay & Campos (2001) Comments: Emendation of ziczac.
Partial List of References
Chemnitz, J. H. 1781. Neues systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet Neues Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 5 [xxiv] + 324 pp., pls. 160-193. Gabriel Nicolaus Raspe: Nürnberg. [True date: post 2 Mar.] d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.] Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Philippi, R. A. 1846. Descriptions of a new species of Trochus, and of eighteen new species of Littorina, in the collection of H. Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 13 38-143. [Stated date: -- Dec 1845; true date: -- Feb 1846.] Philippi, R. A. 1847. Litorina Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien 2(6) 159-167, pl. 3. [Stated date: -- Jan 1847.]