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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cerithioidea: Potamididae

Cerithidea costata (da Costa, 1778)


Range: 32°N to 11°N; 88.5°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 0 to 402 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 21  mm

Synonymy

Strombiformis costatus da Costa, 1778
Cerithium lafondii Michaud, 1829
Cerithium ambiguum C. B. Adams, 1845
Cerithium salmacida Morelet, 1849
Cerithium petitii Schramm, 1869
Cerithidea turrita Stearns, 1872
Cerithidea minnor Mörch, 1876
Cerithidea pupoidea Mörch, 1876
Scala discobalaria Dall, 1889
Cerithidea beattyi Bequaert, 1942
Cerithidea barbudaensis Usticke, 1969

Details


Strombiformis costatus da Costa, 1778, p. 118-119, pl. 8, fig. 14
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cornwall, England [in error]
Range: 32°N to 11°N; 88.5°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 21 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, New Providence, Eleuthera, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, North Camaguey, Granma; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbuda
References: Higgins & Marrat (1877) E; Bequaert (1942a) NSW; Abbott (1958) d; Simone (2001b) {M}; Redfern (2001) M

Cerithium ambiguum C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 4-5, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N to 17.6°N; 77°W to 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 20.3 mm
Distribution: Jamaica, Haiti, Barbuda
References: C. B. Adams (1845) NWM; Higgins & Marrat (1877) SE; Dautzenberg (1900); Bequaert (1942a) s

Cerithidea costata var. barbudaensis Usticke, 1969, p. 11, pl. 2, fig. 349
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mangrove swamps, Barbuda
Range: 17.6°N ; 61.8°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Barbuda
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Usticke (1971) DdLlT; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)
Comments: Also listed as a subspecies by Usticke (1969), therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).

Cerithidea costata beattyi Bequaert, 1942a, p. 3-4, pl. 2, figs. 10-12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix
Range: 24°N to 11°N; 76°W to 61.5°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Distribution: Bahamas, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Barbuda; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: Bequaert (1942a) NSEW
Comments: Regarded as valid by Petuch (1994).

Scala (Opalia) discobolaria Dall, 1889a, p. 324, pl. 18, fig. 2
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 20, off Bahia Honda
Range: 23.04°N ; 83.18°W
Depth: 402 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6.5 mm
Distribution: Cuba: Pinar del Rio
References: Dall (1889a) DdNSEW; Clench & Turner (1952) s

Cerithium lafondii Michaud, 1829, 
[Synonym]
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Sowerby II (1866) NSEW; Bequaert (1942a) s

Cerithidea minnor Mörch, 1876a, p. 92
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Cuba
Distribution: Cuba
References: Bequaert (1942b) s?

Cerithidea minor sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Misspelling of C. minnor Mörch, 1876.

Cerithium petitii Schramm, 1869, 
[Not available]
Attributed to: Kiener; Tryon (1887)
References: Bequaert (1942a) s
Comments: Nude name.

Cerithidea pupoidea Mörch, 1876a, p. 93
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Antilles
Maximum Reported Size: 5.5 mm
References: Mörch (1876a) M; Bequaert (1942a) s

Cerithium salmacida Morelet, 1849, 
[Synonym]
References: Bequaert (1942a) s

Carithidea [sic] turrita Stearns, 1872, p. 24
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Point Penallis, Tampa Bay, west Florida
Range: 29°N to 18°N; 82°W to 64.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 13 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Stearns (1872) M; Bequaert (1942a) NS; Usticke (1959) E; García-Cubas (1970) W
Comments: The record of García-Cubas (1970) from Tamaulipas needs confirmation.


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Bequaert, J. C. 1942. Cerithidea and Batillaria in the Western Atlantic Johnsonia 1(5) 1-11. [Stated date: 25 May 1942.]
da Costa, E. M. 1778. British Conchology  xii + 254 + viii, pl. 17. [Stated date: -- --- 1778; true date: post 22 Jun.]
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.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1876. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 23 45-58, 87-143.
Stearns, R. E. C. 1872. Descriptions of new species of marine mollusks from the coast of Florida Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 15 21-24. [Stated date: -- Aug 1872.]
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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