Range: 35°N to 28°S; 95.76°W to 34.9°W Depth: 0 to 65 m (live 0 to 18 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Synonymy
Cerithiopsis subulata auct. non Montagu, 1808 Cerithiopsis emersoni auct. non C. B. Adams, 1839 Eumetula emersoni auct. non C. B. Adams, 1839 Cerithium bicolor C. B. Adams, 1845 Bittium bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845) Cerithiopsis bicolor (C. B. Adams, 1845) Bittium major Mörch, 1876 Cerithiopsis binoda Usticke, 1969
Details
Cerithium bicolorC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 5, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 35°N to 28°S; 87°W to 67°W Depth: 0 to 50 m (live 0 to 11 m) Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba: North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos, Cienfuegos; Jamaica References: Cooley (1978) W; Lyons (1989b) l; Rolán & Espinosa (1992a) cD Comments: Non Bartsch, 1911a. Combining Genera: Bittium Cerithiopsis
Cerithiopsis binodaUsticke, 1969, p. 12, pl. 2, fig. 378 [Synonym] Type Locality: St. Croix Range: 17.8°N ; 65°W Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) sT
Cerithiopsis emersoni auct. non C. B. Adams, 1839, [Not available] Range: 35°N to 28°S; 95.76°W to 34.9°W Depth: 2 to 65 m (live 18 m) Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Sucre; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Brazil: Amapa, Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina References: Kurtz (1860); Rice & Kornicker (1965) {W}; Princz (1982a); García-Cubas (1982) {W}; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Lyons (1989b) s; Reguero & García-Cubas (1989) W; Odé (1989c) Ll{M}; Gundersen (1998) M Comments: Misidentification; C. emersoni is a northern species. Combining Genera: Eumetula
Bittium (Platygyra) subulatum var. majorMörch, 1876a, p. 98, [Philippi 1847, pl. 1, fig. 16] [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe
Cerithiopsis subulata auct. non Montagu, 1808, [Not available] Comments: Misidentification by Menzel (1956).
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.] Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143. Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix 32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]
