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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Cylindriscala acus (Watson, 1883)
Not found in the Western Atlantic?


Range: 18.64°N to 23°S; 65.09°W to 9.72°W
Depth: 75 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria solidula Monterosato, 1875
Opalia acus (Watson, 1883) 
Scalaria acus Watson, 1883
Scala monterosatoi de Boury, 1890
Scala parcicostata Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897
Scala fulgens de Boury, 1909

Details


Scalaria acus Watson, 1883a, p. 608-609, [Watson 1886, pl. 9, figs. 2a-c]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Challenger sta. 73, west of Azores
Range: 18.64°N to 23°S; 65.09°W to 9.72°W
Depth: 75 to 713 m
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro; Eastern Atlantic: West of the Azores
References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) cW
Comments: Western Atlantic records need confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Opalia

Scala fulgens de Boury, 1909, p. 483
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s

Scala monterosatoi de Boury, 1890, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: de Stefanis MS
References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Comments: Nude name.

Scala parcicostata Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897b, 
[Synonym]
References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Comments: Error for paucicostata?

Scalaria solidula Monterosato, 1875, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Jeffreys MS
References: Bouchet & Warén (1986b) s
Comments: Nude name.


Partial List of References

Watson, R. B. 1883. Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. Part XV Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 16 593-611. [Stated date: 10 Mar 1883.]

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