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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Niso aeglees Bush, 1885


Range: 35.34°N to 33°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 260 m (live 13 to 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 21  mm

Synonymy

Niso interrupta auct. non Sowerby, 1834
Niso lineata auct. non Conrad, 1841
Niso aeglees Bush, 1885
Niso gunteri Mansfield, 1930
Niso dalli Gardner, 1948

Details


Niso aegleës Bush, 1885b, p. 585, [Bush 1885a, pl. 45,fig. 10-10a]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 7-32 fathoms [USFC sta. 2112 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.34°N to 33°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 5 to 260 m (live 13 to 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Colombia, Surinam, Brazil: Amapa, Pernambuco, Sao Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul
References: Bush (1885b) N; Dautzenberg (1900) d; Porter (1974) Ll; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Campbell (1993) M

Niso dalli Gardner, 1948, p. 212, pl. 27, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mrs. Guion's marl pit, Cape Fear River, Columbus County?, N.C.
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
References: Gardner (1948) M; Campbell (1993) s

Niso willcoxiana gunteri Mansfield, 1930, p. 91, pl. 12, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Harveys Creek, half a mile above abandoned mill, Leon County, Florida
Maximum Reported Size: 16.7 mm
References: Mansfield (1930) M; Campbell (1993) s
Comments: Described as a fossil.

Niso interrupta auct. non Sowerby, 1834, 
[Not available]
Range: 28°N to 6°N; 96.5°W to 55°W
Depth: 0 to 93 m
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank; Surinam
References: Parker (1955) NW; Rice & Kornicker (1965) d; Altena (1975) dSE
Comments: Misidentification.

Niso lineata auct. non Conrad, 1841, 
[Not available]
References: Campbell (1993) s
Comments: Misidentification by Heilprin (1884).


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. List of the shallow-water Mollusca dredged off Cape Hatteras by the "Albatross" in 1883 Annual Report of the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 1883 579-595.
Gardner, J. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina. Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199B 179-310, pls. 24-38.
Mansfield, W. C. 1930. Miocene gastropods and scaphopods of the Choctawhatchee Formation of Florida Florida State Geological Survey Bulletin 3 189 pp., 21 pls.

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