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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Tonnoidea: Ranellidae

Cymatium aquatile (Reeve, 1844)


Range: 33°N to 23°S; 94°W to 25°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 95  mm

Synonymy

Cymatium pileare auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Triton pileare auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Lampusia pileare auct. non Linnaeus, 1758
Tritonium aquatile (Reeve, 1844) 
Triton aquatilis Reeve, 1844
Triton occidentalis Mörch, 1877
Cymatium cruzanum Usticke, 1959
Amphithalamus cruzense (Usticke, 1969) 
Rissoa cruzensis Usticke, 1969

Details


Triton aquatilis Reeve, 1844b, pl. 7, fig. 24
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Island of Ticao, Philippines
Range: 33°N to 23°S; 82°W to 25°W
Depth: 0 to 18 m
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Venezuela: Carabobo; Bermuda
References: Beu (1985) E; Beu & Kay (1988); Beu (1998) T
Combining Genera:  Tritonium

Cymatium pileare var. cruzana Usticke, 1959, p. 60
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix
Range: 17.7°N ; 64.7°W
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Usticke (1959) NSEW; Henning & Hemmen (1993) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Comments: Attributed a level of distinctness that Usticke usually associated with subspecies, therefore considered subspecific rather than infrasubspecific.

Rissoa cruzensis Usticke, 1969, p. 10, pl. 2, fig. 258
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: St. Croix (Altona Bay)
Range: 17.7°N ; 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 3 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Faber (1988) s?; Usticke (1971); Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Combining Genera:  Amphithalamus

Triton aquatilis occidentale Mörch, 1877b, p. 29, [Lister pl. 934, fig. 29; Schröter I, pl. 3, fig. 1; Reeve 1844, fig. 24]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica; Guadeloupe; St. Thomas
Range: 18°N to 16.5°N; 77°W to 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 95 mm
Distribution: Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe
References: Mörch (1877b) NSEWM
Comments: Considered infrasubspecific in some prior versions of Malacolog, but subspecific under ICZN Article 45.6 since it is not unambiguously infrasubspecific. (Rosenberg, herein, 29 June 2009).

Cymatium pileare auct. non Linnaeus, 1758, 
[Not available]
Range: 33°N to 23°S; 94°W to 32.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: USA: South Carolina, Florida, Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Campeche Bank, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Islas Los Roques; Puerto Rico, Surinam, Brazil: Ceara, Fernando de Noronha, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro
Comments: Misidentification.
Combining Genera:  Lampusia Triton


Partial List of References

Mörch, O. A. L. 1877. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium imprimis insularum danicarum Malakozoologische Blätter 24 14-66, 93-123.
Reeve, L. 1844. Monograph of the genus Triton Conchologia Iconica 2 pls. 1-20
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1959. A Check List of Marine Shells of St. Croix  vi + 90, 4 pls. Author: Christiansted, St. Croix. [Stated date: -- --- 1959; true date: post June.]
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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