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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Marginellidae

Volvarina abbreviata (C. B. Adams, 1850)


Range: 32.3°N to 6°S; 90.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 0.3 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Marginella lactea Kiener, 1841
Hyalina lactea (Kiener, 1841) 
Volvaria lactea (Kiener, 1841) 
Marginella abbreviata C. B. Adams, 1850
Marginella compressa Reeve, 1865
Hyalina lustra Weisbord, 1962

Details


Marginella abbreviata C. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 56, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 25°N to 18°N; 80°W to 78°W
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Bahamas, Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850c) SE; Lipe (1991) N
Comments: V. subtriplicata (d'Orbigny, 1842) has priority if synonymous.

Marginella compressa Reeve, 1865a,  pl. 24, fig. 130
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Wagner & Abbott (1978) s?

Marginella lactea Kiener, 1841b, p. 42-43, pl. 13, fig. 3-3a
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 32.3°N to 6°S; 90.5°W to 35°W
Depth: 0 to 51 m (live 0.3 to 5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Anguilla; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Rio Grande do Norte
References: Melvill (1881); Usticke (1959) M; Waller (1973) D; Britton (1975) d; Coovert & Coovert (1990) l; Díaz et al. (1990) L; Macsotay & Campos (2001); Cossignani (2006e)
Comments: Non Swainson, 1840.
Combining Genera:  Hyalina Volvaria

Hyalina (Volvarina) lustra Weisbord, 1962, p. 415-416, pl. 38, figs. 11-12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Lower Mare formation at W-13, on hillside above west bank of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
References: Macsotay & Campos (2001) s (of lactea)
Comments: Described as a fossil, based on a juvenile specimen.


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.]
Kiener, L. C. 1841. Genre Marginelle. (Marginella, Lamarck) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 3 31-44, pls. 10-13
Reeve, L. 1865. Monograph of the genus Marginella Conchologia Iconica 15 pls. 1, 14-27 [Stated date: -- Jan 1865.]
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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