Range: 34.42°N to 12°S; 88°W to 38°W Depth: 0 to 29 m (live 1 to 5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Synonymy
Monodonta carchedonia Lamarck, 1822 Monodonta angulata C. B. Adams, 1845 Modulus catenulatus auct. non Philippi, 1849 Monodonta sayii A. Adams, 1851
Details
Monodonta carchedoniusLamarck, 1822b, p. 33, [Chemnitz, 1788, pl. 165, figs. 1583, 1584] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 34.42°N to 12°S; 87.3°W to 38°W Depth: 0 to 29 m (live 1 to 5 m) Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Cuba: North Havana Province, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Bahia References: Abbott (1944) SE; Houbrick (1968) {W}; Porter (1974) DN (UNC-IMS #8380); Gibb (2000) W
Monodonta angulata C. B. Adams, 1845, [Synonym] Range: 25°N to 16.5°N; 88°W to 78°W Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Belize, Honduras, Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1845) E; Arango (1880); M. Smith (1941) NM; Haas (1941) SW
Modulus catenulatus auct. non Philippi, 1849, [Not available] Range: 18°N ; 66°W Maximum Reported Size: 15 mm References: Dall & Simpson (1901) NSEWM; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s Comments: Misidentification by Dall & Simpson (1901); M. catenulata is Eastern Pacific.
Monodonta sayiiA. Adams, 1851, p. 203 [Not available] Attributed to: Nuttall Type Locality: Atooi, California [in error] References: Abbott (1944) s Comments: Introduced in synonymy of M. carchedonius; nude name in Jay (1839:72).
Partial List of References
Adams, A. 1851. A monograph of Modulus, a genus of gasteropodous Mollusca, of the family Littorinidae Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 18 203-204. 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.]
