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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Rissoininae

Zebina browniana (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 35°N to 18°S; 97°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5.1  mm

Synonymy

Rissoa browniana d'Orbigny, 1842
Rissoina browniana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Rissoa sloaniana d'Orbigny, 1842
Rissoina sloaniana (d'Orbigny, 1842) 
Rissoa laevissima C. B. Adams, 1850
Eulima crassilabris Gabb, 1873
Iopsis fusiformis Gabb, 1873
Rissoina caribella Weisbord, 1962

Details


Rissoa (Rissoina) browniana d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 28, pl. 12, figs. 33-35
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Saint-Thomas, Martinique and Haiti
Range: 35°N to 18°S; 97°W to 42°W
Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 0 to 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo, Cozumel; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island, Little Cayman; Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent, Grenada; Brazil: Bahia, Abrolhos Islands
References: Arango (1880); Dautzenberg (1900); Waller (1973) D; Princz (1981); Lyons (1989b) l
Combining Genera:  Rissoina

Rissoina caribella Weisbord, 1962, 
[Synonym]
References: Robinson (1991) s

Eulima crassilabris Gabb, 1873, p. 227, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Miocene', Santo Domingo
References: Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Described as a fossil from the Dominican Republic.

Iopsis fusiformis Gabb, 1873, p. 228, not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: 'Miocene', Santo Domingo
References: Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Described as a fossil from the Dominican Republic.

Rissoa laevissima C. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 115, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 23.15°N to 18°N; 82.5°W to 78°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.1 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850f) SEM; Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933) NW; Desjardin (1949) s

Rissoina sloaneana sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for sloaniana by Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933).

Rissoa (Rissoina) sloaniana d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 28-29, None, cited figure [pl. 12, figs. 36-38] does not exist
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 20°N to 17.7°N; 76°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
Distribution: Cuba, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix
References: d'Orbigny (1842b) WM; Mörch (1876a) NSE; Desjardin (1949) s
Combining Genera:  Rissoina


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 7 109-123. [Stated date: -- Apr 1850.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Gabb, W. M. 1873. On the topography and geology of Santo Domingo Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (ns)15 49-259, 2 fold-out maps.

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