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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Creseis chierchiae (Boas, 1886)


Range: 44°N ; 41°W
Depth: 10 to 0 m (live 10 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5  mm

Synonymy

Creseis striata auct. non Rang, 1828
Creseis virgula auct. non Rang, 1828
Cleodora chierchiae Boas, 1886
Creseis constricta Chen & Bé, 1964
Creseis bulgia Sakthivel, 1974

Details


Cleodora chierchiae Boas, 1886, p. 62, 202, pl. 3, fig. 39 ter; pl. 4, fig. 43 bis-ter
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Rade de Panama; 137°E, 10°N [137°E on p. 202]
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
References: Boas (1886) M; Pelseneer (1888); van der Spoel & Newman (1990) v

Creseis bulgia Sakthivel, 1974, 
[Synonym]
References: Janssen (1990) s

Creseis virgula constricta Chen & Bé, 1964, p. 194-196, figs. 3d, 4d
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Station Dellta, 44°00'N, 41°00'W, 0-10 m
Range: 44°N ; 41°W
Depth: 10 to 0 m (live 10 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm
Distribution: Oceanic
References: Chen & Bé (1964) DdLlNSEWM; Janssen (1990) s

Creseis striata auct. non Rang, 1828, 
[Not available]
References: Janssen (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification, in part, by van der Spoel (1976).

Creseis virgula auct. non Rang, 1828, 
[Not available]
References: Janssen (1990) s
Comments: Misidentification by van der Spoel (1967).


Partial List of References

Boas, J. E. V. 1886. Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Pteropodernes, Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling (6)4 1-231, pls. 1-8.
Chen, C. and A. W. H. Bé. 1964. Seasonal distributions of euthecosomatous pteropods in the surface waters of five stations in the Western North Atlantic Bulletin of Marine Science of the Gulf and Caribbean 14 185-220. [Stated date: -- Jun 1964.]

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