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Malacolog Version 4.1.1

A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Truncatellidae

Truncatella clathrus Lowe, 1832


Range: 32.3°N to 24.8°N; 81°W to 64.8°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Truncatella scalaris auct. non Michaud, 1830
Truncatella clathrus Lowe, 1832
Acmea clathrus (Lowe, 1832) 
Truncatella piratica Clench & Turner, 1948
Truncatella regina Hubricht, 1983

Details


Truncatella clathrus Lowe, 1832,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 26.7°N to 25°N; 81°W to 78°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little)
Comments: Shuttleworth's (1854) record from Puerto Rico needs confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Acmea

Truncatella (Tomlinella) scalaris piratica Clench & Turner, 1948, p. 161-162, pl. 65, fig. 1; pl. 72, fig. 1-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. George's Causeway, Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N ; 64.8°W
Depth: 0 m
Distribution: Bermuda
References: Torre (1960) s

Truncatella regina Hubricht, 1983, p. 18, fig. 11, 12, 14, 18
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Indian Key Fill, just south of Tea Table Channel, Monroe County, Florida
Range: 24.8°N ; 81°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys
References: Hubricht (1983) DdNSEWM; Rosenberg (1996) s

Truncatella scalaris auct. non Michaud, 1830, 
[Not available]
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Andros
Comments: Misidentification.


Partial List of References

Clench, W. J. and R. D. Turner. 1948. The genus Truncatella in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 2 149-164. [Stated date: 30 Jan 1948.]
Hubricht, L. 1983. Five new species of land-snails from the southeastern United States with notes on other species Gastropodia 2 13-19. [Stated date: -- Dec 1983.]

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