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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Scaliolidae

Finella adamsi (Dall, 1889)


Range: 35°N to 10.01°N; 89.7°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 8 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6  mm

Synonymy

Bittium adamsi (Dall, 1889) 
Alabina adamsi (Dall, 1889) 
Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889
Alabina floridana Mansfield, 1930
Alabina harveyensis Mansfield, 1930
Alabina leonensis Mansfield, 1930

Details


Alaba adamsi Dall, 1889a, p. 258
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: from Hatteras southward
Range: 35°N to 10.01°N; 89.7°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 30 m (live 8 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; Mexico: Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: Villa Clara
References: Dall (1889a) N; Porter (1974) D; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Robinson & Montoya (1987) S; Lyons (1989b) l; Redfern (2001) dM; Fernández-Garcés (2006a)
Comments: As adamsi in the text, as adamsii in the species list on p. 22 and in the index, p. 458; Dall (1892b) and subsequent others have used adamsi.
Combining Genera:  Alabina Bittium

Alabina adamsi floridana Mansfield, 1930, p. 99, pl. 13, fig. 2, 5
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Station 3421, Harveys Creek, half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 4.6 mm
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Campbell et al. (1975) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Alabina adamsi harveyensis Mansfield, 1930, p. 100, pl. 13, fig. 6
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Station 1/946, Harveys Creek, half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Campbell et al. (1975) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Alabina adamsi leonensis Mansfield, 1930, p. 99-100, pl. 13, fig. 3
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Station 1/964, Harveys Creek, highest bed at abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Campbell et al. (1975) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 189 pp., 21 pls.

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