Range: 35°N to 20.5°S; 97°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 60 m (live 0.3 to 3 m) Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm
Synonymy
Buccinum plicatum auct. non Linnaeus, 1758 Cassis testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Cassidea testiculus (Linnaeus, 1758) Buccinum testiculus Linnaeus, 1758 Buccinum senegalicum Gmelin, 1791 Cassidea crumena Bruguière, 1792 Cassis crumena (Bruguière, 1792) Cassis mitellapolonica Röding, 1798 Cassis pileolus Röding, 1798 Cassis bicincta C. Bayer, 1935 Cypraecassis mamillata Salmon, 1948 Cypraecassis neglecta A. H. Verrill, 1949 Cypraecassis minima P. A. Bernard, 1984
Details
Buccinum testiculusLinnaeus, 1758, p. 736, [Rumph. t. 23, f. 3; Gualt. t. 39, f. C] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: ad Jamaicam Range: 35°N to 20.5°S; 97°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 60 m (live 0.3 to 3 m) Maximum Reported Size: 85 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana, Texas; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), Bimini, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, San Salvador (Watling Is.), Long Island, Mayaguana; Cuba: North Havana Province, North Matanzas, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos, Santiago de Cuba, Guantanamo; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. John, St. Croix, Tortola; St. Barthelemy/St. Bartholomew, Barbuda; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados; Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad; Brazil: Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia References: Dautzenberg (1900); Porter (1974) {D}N; Wagner & Abbott (1990) M; Leal (1991b) S; Gundersen (1998); Fernández Milera (1998); García & Lee (2004) D Combining Genera: Cassidea Cassis
Cassis bicincta C. Bayer, 1935, [Synonym] References: Clench & Abbott (1943a) s
Cassidea crumenaBruguière, 1792a, p. 428 [Synonym] Type Locality: l'île de l'Ascension Range: 22°N to 16°S; 82°W to 5.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 75 mm Distribution: Cuba: Pinar del Rio, Havana Province; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena References: E. A. Smith (1890b) SE; Clench & Abbott (1943a) s; Aguayo & Jaume (1947a) NW; Usticke (1959){SE}; Warmke & Abbott (1961) Combining Genera: Cassis
Cypraecassis mamillata Salmon, 1948, [Synonym]
Cypraecassis testiculus f. minimaP. A. Bernard, 1984, p. 60, pl. 21, fig. 91b [Not available] Type Locality: Port-Gentil, Gabon Maximum Reported Size: 22.8 mm Comments: Infrasubspecific.
Cassis mitella polonicaRöding, 1798, p. 29, [Martini 1773, pl. 37, figs. 375-376] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated
Cypraeacassis testiculus neglectaA. H. Verrill, 1949b, p. 9, pl. 2, fig. 5 [Synonym] Type Locality: Dominica, B.W.I. Range: 18°N to 13.2°N; 65°W to 59.6°W Maximum Reported Size: 60 mm Distribution: Virgin Islands, Dominica, Barbados References: A. H. Verrill (1949b) NSEWM
Cassis pileolusRöding, 1798, p. 29, [Martini 1773, pl. 37, figs. 375-376; Knorr 4, pl. 6, fig. 1] [Synonym] Type Locality: Not stated References: Kreipl (1997) s
Buccinum plicatum auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, [Not available] Attributed to: Dillwyn (1817) Distribution: Jamaica Comments: Misidentification by Gmelin (1791, in part).
Buccinum senegalicumGmelin, 1791, p. 3477, [Adanson 1, pl. 7, fig. 7] [Synonym] Type Locality: Senegal
Partial List of References
Bernard, P. A. 1984. Shells of Gabon 140 pp. Published by the author: Libreville, Gabon. [Stated date: -- Nov 1984.] Bruguière, [J.-G.] 1792. Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire Naturelle des Vers 1 345-757. Panckoucke: Paris. Gmelin, J. F. 1791. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae. Editio decima tertia Systema Naturae, 13th ed., vol. 1(6) 3021-3910. Lipsiae. Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden]. Röding, P. F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum viii + 199 pp. Hamburg. [Stated date: -- Sep 1798.] Verrill, A. H. 1949. Our collecting trip to the Caribbees, including a list of shells collected Mollusca 2(5) 1-14, 3 pls. [numbered as 2]. [Stated date: 20 Aug 1949.]
