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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Hydrobiidae

Pyrgophorus coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840)


Range: 23°N to 12°N; 93.08°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.4  mm

Synonymy

Paludina coronata Pfeiffer, 1840
Potamopyrgus coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Paludestrina coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Amnicola coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Lyrodes coronatus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Paludina crystallina Pfeiffer, 1840
Lyrodes crystallinus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Paludestrina crystallinus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Amnicola crystallinus (Pfeiffer, 1840) 
Paludina anthracina Mighels, 1845
Melania spinifera C. B. Adams, 1845
Paludina cisternicola Morelet, 1851

Details


Paludina coronata Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 253, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N to 12°N; 93.08°W to 67°W
Maximum Reported Size: 5.4 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Tabasco; Cuba: North Matanzas
References: Pfeiffer (1840) M; Dall & Simpson (1901) NSE; García-Cubas et al. (1990) W
Combining Genera:  Amnicola Lyrodes Paludestrina Potamopyrgus

Paludina anthracina Mighels, 1845, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Shuttleworth (1854) s (of crystallina)

Paludina cisternicola Morelet, 1851, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
References: Shuttleworth (1854) s (of crystallina)

Paludina crystallina Pfeiffer, 1840, p. 253, Not figured
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste, Pfeiffer 1839: 349; Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)]
Range: 23°N to 17.8°N; 81.2°W to 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.9 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Pfeiffer (1840) NWM; Shuttleworth (1854); Morrison (1939a) SE; Faber (2004e) Ts
Combining Genera:  Amnicola Lyrodes Paludestrina

Melania spinifera C. B. Adams, 1845, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Shuttleworth (1854) s (of crystallina)


Partial List of References

Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.

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