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Gastropoda: : Limapontoidea: Limapontiidae

Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1893


Range: 25°N to 4°N; 80.4°W to 0°W
Depth: 1 to 1 m (live 1 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1893
Ercolania costai Pruvot-Fol, 1951
Stiliger cricetus Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970

Details


Ercolania coerulea Trinchese, 1893, p. 154, not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Golfo di Napoli [Italy]
Range: 25°N to 12°N; 80°W to 63°W
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; ABC Islands: Curacao
References: Jensen & Clark (1983) NSEW; Mollo, Muniain & Ortea (1994)
Comments: Erroneously attributed to Trinchese (1872), where the genus Ercolania was named.

Ercolania caerulea sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 25°N to 4°N; 80°W to 51°W
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela, Jamaica, Virgin Islands, St. Kitts/St. Christopher, St. Lucia, Brazil: unlocalized
Comments: Misspelling of E. coerulea by Schmekel & Portmann (1982).

Ercolania costai Pruvot-Fol, 1951, 
[Synonym]
Range: 25°N to 17°N; 80.4°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; St. Kitts/St. Christopher
References: Marcus & Marcus (1960a) NW; Marcus & Marcus (1963) SEM; Schmekel (1968) s

Stiliger (Stiliger) cricetus Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus, 1970, p. 40-41, figs. 74-76
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Outer bay, Piscadera Baai, Curaçao
Range: 12°N to 10.4°N; 69°W to 64.35°W
Depth: 1 m (live 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Sucre
References: Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) NW{M}; Mollo, Muniain & Ortea (1994) vDdLlSEM; Valdés et al. (2006) s


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. and E. d. B.-R. Marcus. 1970. Opisthobranchs from Curaçao and faunistically related regions Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 33(122) 1-129. [Stated date: -- --- 1970; true date: pre 15 Sept.]
Trinchese, S. 1893. Nuovi Ascoglossi del Golfo di Napoli Rendiconto dell'Accademia delle Scienze Fisiche e Matematiche (Sezione della Società Reale di Napoli) (2)7 154-155. [Stated date: -- Jul 1893.]

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