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Gastropoda: : Ellobioidea: Ellobiidae

Melampus bullaoides (Montagu, 1808)


Range: 32.3°N to 6°N; 89°W to 56°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15  mm

Synonymy

Tornatella bullaoides (Montagu, 1808) 
Voluta bullaoides Montagu, 1808
Conovulus bullaoides (Montagu, 1808) 
Melampus bulla Lowe, 1832
Auricula multivolvis Jeffreys, 1833
Auricula cingulata Pfeiffer, 1840
Melampus cingulatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Tralia cingulatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Auricula oliva d'Orbigny, 1841
Melampus poeyi Pfeiffer, 1853
Auricula stenostoma Pfeiffer, 1856
Melampus oblongus Pfeiffer, 1857
Detracia roquesana J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1982

Details


Voluta bullaoides Montagu, 1808, p. 102-103, pl. 23, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown [St. Vincent, West Indies (Martins 1996)]
Range: 32.3°N to 6°N; 89°W to 56°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Colombia, Venezuela: Isla la Blanquilla; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Andros, New Providence, Eleuthera, Cay Sal; Turks and Caicos, Cuba: North Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Surinam
References: Princz (1987); Martins (1996) cNSEM
Comments: 29°N in west Florida (Martins 1996).
Combining Genera:  Conovulus Tornatella

Melampus bulla Lowe, 1832, 
[Objective synonym of valid name]
References: Dall (1885b) s

Detracia bullaeoides sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for bullaoides by Gray (1840).

Melampus bullimoides sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 32.29°N ; 64.76°W
Depth: 0 m
Distribution: Bermuda
References: A. E. Verrill (1901) DdNSEW
Comments: Error for bullaoides by A. E. Verrill (1901).

Detracia bulloides sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for bullaoides by Hutton et al. (1956).

Auricula cingulata Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 251, [Faber 2004e, figs. 135-137]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 25°N to 18.5°N; 82°W to 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 8.7 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Cuba: North Matanzas; Puerto Rico
References: Pfeiffer (1840) M; Shuttleworth (1854) SE; Dall (1884) NW; Dall (1885b) s; Martins (1996) s; Faber (2004e) T
Combining Genera:  Melampus Tralia

Auricula multivolvis Jeffreys, 1833, 
[Synonym]
References: Dall (1885b) s; Martins (1996) T

Melampus oblongus Pfeiffer, 1857, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Martins (1996) sT

Auricula oliva d'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 189, pl. 12, figs. 8-10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Cuba, surtout les environs de la Havane
Range: 23°N ; 82.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 11 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: d'Orbigny (1841b) NSEWM; Dall (1885b) s; Martins (1996) sT

Melampus poeyi Pfeiffer, 1853, 
[Synonym]
References: Dall (1885b) s; Martins (1996) s

Detracia roquesana J. & W. Gibson-Smith, 1982, p. 117, fig. 6
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Islas Los Roques, Venezuela
Range: 12.5°N to 12°N; 70°W to 67°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba, Bonaire; Venezuela: Islas Los Roques
References: J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1982) SE; Martins (1996) s

Auricula stenostoma Pfeiffer, 1856, p. 18
[Not available]
Attributed to: Küster
Type Locality: Not stated
References: Pfeiffer (1856) s
Comments: Name introduced in synonymy; Pfeiffer (1856) cited the index of Küster's (1843) monograph of Auriculacea, but the name does not appear there. Kobelt's (1901) index does include the name.


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.]
Gibson-Smith, J. and W. Gibson-Smith. 1982. The subfamily Melampinae (Pulmonata: Basommatophora) in Venezuela, with descriptions of two new species Nautilus 96 116-120. [Stated date: 16 Jul 1982.]
Montagu, G. 1808. Supplement to Testacea Britannica  [iii] + v + 184 pp., 30 pls. S. Woolmer: Exeter. [True date: post Oct 1.]
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.
Pfeiffer, L. 1856. Monographia Auriculaceorum Viventium  xiii + 209 pp. Theodori Fischer: Cassellis. [Stated date: -- --- 1856; true date: post April.]

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