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Gastropoda: : Orbitestelloidea: Orbitestellidae

Orbitestella bermudezi (Aguayo & Borro, 1946)


Range: 25°N to 0°N; 82.5°W to 25°W
Depth: 8 to 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 0.74  mm

Synonymy

Cyclostremiscus bermudezi Aguayo & Borro, 1946
Orbitestella cubana Rolán & Rubio, 1992
Orbitestella similis Rolán & Rubio, 1992

Details


Cyclostremiscus bermudezi Aguayo & Borro, 1946a, p. 10-11, pl. 1, figs. 1-3
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Formación "Yumurí", barranco E. del río Canímar, Matanzas, Cuba
Range: 25°N to 13°N; 80°W to 61.3°W
Maximum Reported Size: 0.74 mm
Distribution: Bahamas: New Providence; Cayman Islands: Little Cayman; Puerto Rico, St. Martin/St. Maarten; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, The Grenadines
References: Aguayo & Borro (1946b: 45); Moore (1964: 130); Faber (1991) NSWEM
Comments: Described as a fossil from Cuba.

Orbitestella cubana Rolán & Rubio, 1992, p. 18-20, figs. 6, 7, 10, 11
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cayo Avalos, Arcipelago delle Canarreos, Cuba
Range: 23°N to 21.5°N; 82.5°W to 82°W
Depth: 8 to 15 m
Maximum Reported Size: 0.65 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos
References: Rolán & Rubio (1992) DdNSEWM; Moolenbeek (1994) s

Orbitestella similis Rolán & Rubio, 1992, p. 17-18, figs. 1-5, 8-9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Teodora Bay, Boavista, Cape Verde Islands
Range: 25°W
Maximum Reported Size: 0.54 mm
Distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde Islands
References: Rolán & Rubio (1992) M; Moolenbeek (1994) s


Partial List of References

Aguayo, C. G. and P. Borro. 1946. Nuevos Moluscos del Terciario Superior de Cuba Revista de la Sociedad Malacológica "Carlos de la Torre" 4 9-12, pl. 1. [Stated date: -- May 1946; true date: pre 12 June.]
Rolán, E. and F. Rubio. 1992. Two new species of the genus Orbitestella Iredale, 1917 from the Atlantic Ocean (Mollusca: Prosobranchia) La Conchiglia 23 17-20. [Stated date: -- Mar 1992.]

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