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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Cystiscidae

Plesiocystiscus abbotti (Jong & Coomans, 1988)


Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.8  mm

Details


Volvarina abbotti Jong & Coomans, 1988, p. 98, pl. 5, fig. 530
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Aruba
Range: 12.5°N ; 70°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.8 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba
References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NSEW; Coovert & Coovert (1995) c; Cossignani (2006e) M
Comments: Faber & Moolenbeek (1999:44) suggest this is a synonym of P. bocasensis, which is a synonym of P. larva.


Partial List of References

Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.

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