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Gastropoda: : Trochoidea: Turbininae

Turbo cailletii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857


Range: 27.82°N to 9.3°N; 92.1°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 4 to 36 m (live 5 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 37  mm

Synonymy

Trochus filosus W. Wood, 1828
Turbo cailletii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857

Details


Turbo cailletii Fischer & Bernardi, 1857a, p. 294-295, pl. 10 [sic, 9], figs. 10-11
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Côtes de la Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
Range: 27.82°N to 11°N; 92.1°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 4 to 36 m (live 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 37 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Dry Tortugas; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Honduras; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Colombia, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe
References: Rice & Kornicker (1962); Sarasúa (1970); Díaz & Puyana (1994) {DM}; Fernández Milera (1998); Alf & Kreipl (2003) M; García (2000) N{W}; E. F. García (2006, pers. comm.) DW

Trochus filosus W. Wood, 1828, p. 17, 56, pl. 5, fig. 23
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 25°N to 9.3°N; 87°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 5 to 14 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula; Panama, Bahamas, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Guadeloupe
References: Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) N; Roberton (1957) EW; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Abbott (1958)
Comments: Non Helbling, 1779. Turbo filosus is sometimes attributed to Kiener (1873), but Kiener (1848b) attributed the species to Wood in the plate caption. Kiener's plate was published in 1848; the corresponding text is by P. Fischer (1873b).


Partial List of References

Fischer, [P.] and Bernardi, [A. C.] 1857. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 5 292-300, pls. 8-9. [Stated date: -- Jan 1857.]
Wood, W. 1828. Supplement to the Index Testaceologicus  viii + 59 pp., 8 pls. W. Wood: London. [Stated date: post 17 May.]

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