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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella carolii (Dall, 1889)
Dubious name


Range: 35.13°N to 18°N; 80°W to 75.09°W
Depth: 15 to 115 m
Maximum Reported Size: 2.3  mm

Synonymy

Eulima affinis C. B. Adams, 1850
Eulima carolii Dall, 1889

Details


Eulima carolii Dall, 1889a, p. 327
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 35.13°N to 18°N; 80°W to 75.09°W
Depth: 15 to 115 m
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: unlocalized; Jamaica
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Lyons (1978a) c
Comments: Replacement name for Eulima affinis C. B. Adams, 1850 non Philippi, 1844.

Eulima affinis C. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 110-111, Not figured
[Objective synonym of current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.3 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850f) NSEWM
Comments: Non Philippi, 1844.


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 7 109-123. [Stated date: -- Apr 1850.]
Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]

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