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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Turbininae

Astralium brevispina (Lamarck, 1822)


Range: 21.2°N to 9.63°N; 86.8°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 13 to 13 m
Maximum Reported Size: 50  mm

Synonymy

Trochus brevispina Lamarck, 1822
Astraea brevispina (Lamarck, 1822) 
Uvanilla brevispina (Lamarck, 1822) 
Trochus auripigmentum Philippi, 1850
Astralium basale Olsson, 1922
Astraea diffidentia Weisbord, 1962

Details


Trochus brevispina Lamarck, 1822b, p. 12
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Près de l'île Saint-Jean
Range: 21.2°N to 9.63°N; 86.8°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 13 m
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba: Holguin; Virgin Islands: St. John
References: Lamarck (1822b) E; Arango (1880); Dautzenberg (1900); Bartsch & Rehder (1939a) D; Ekdale (1974) NW; Robinson & Montoya (1987) S; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M
Combining Genera:  Astraea Uvanilla

Trochus auripigmentum Philippi, 1850a, p. 147, [Conch. Cab. 2(3), pl. 45, fig. 4]
[Synonymy uncertain]
Attributed to: Jonas
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 34.9 mm
References: Philippi (1849b) M; Abbott (1958) s

Astraea aurispigmentum sic, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Comments: Error for auripigmentum by Abbott (1958).

Astralium basale Olsson, 1922, 
[Synonym]
References: Robinson (1991) s

Astraea (Lithopoma)? diffidentia Weisbord, 1962, p. 98-99, pl. 7, figs. 3-4
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Mare formation at W-14, on hillside above west bank of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
References: Weisbord (1962) M; J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) s?


Partial List of References

Lamarck, [J. B.] 1822. Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres 7 [iii] + 711 pp. Author: Paris. [Stated date: -- Aug 1822.]
Philippi, R. A. 1850. Diagnosen mehrerer neuer Trochus-Arten Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 6 146-160. [Stated date: -- Mar 1850.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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