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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Opalia crenata (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 26°N to 24°S; 82.76°W to 36°W
Depth: 0.3 to 82 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Synonymy

Turbo crenatus Linnaeus, 1758
Scalaria crenulata Kiener, 1838

Details


Turbo crenatus Linnaeus, 1758, p. 765, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 26°N to 24°S; 82.76°W to 36°W
Depth: 0.3 to 82 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama; ABC Islands: Curacao; Bahamas: New Providence, Cat Island; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Anguilla; Trinidad & Tobago: Tobago; Brazil: Alagoas, Bahia, Sao Paulo
References: Clench & Turner (1950b) DN; Robinson & Montoya (1987) W; Sunderland (1989a) M; Fernández Milera (1998)

Scalaria crenulata Kiener, 1838b, p. 17, pl. 6, fig. 20
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Méditerranée, les côtes de la Sicile
References: Clench & Turner (1950b) s
Comments: Non Pease, 1867.


Partial List of References

Kiener, L. C. 1838. Genre Scalaire. (Scalaria, Lam.) Spécies Général et Iconographie des Coquilles Vivantes 10 22 pp., 7 pls. [True date: pre 9 Oct.]
Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].

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