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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Tornidae

Cyclostremiscus cubanus (Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933)


Range: 29°N to 9.4°N; 95°W to 65°W
Depth: 1 to 137 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.4  mm

Synonymy

Vitrinella crassicosta Gabb, 1881
Circulus cubanus Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933
Cyclostrema cubanus (Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933) 
Cyclostremiscus puntagordensis Weisbord, 1962

Details


Circulus cubanus Pilsbry & Aguayo, 1933, p. 120, pl. 6, figs. 6-6b
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Varadero, Matanzas, Cuba
Range: 29°N to 9.4°N; 95°W to 65°W
Depth: 1 to 137 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.2 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Flower Garden Banks, Texas; Panama, Cuba: North Matanzas; Virgin Islands: St. John
References: Aguayo (1935); Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Moore (1964) cDdNE{W}; Odé (1988a) {d}W
Combining Genera:  Cyclostrema

Vitrinella crassicosta Gabb, 1881, 
[Synonymy uncertain]
Distribution: Costa Rica
References: Robinson (1991) s
Comments: Has priority if the synonymy is correct.

Cyclostremiscus puntagordensis Weisbord, 1962, p. 141-142, pl. 13, figs. 10-12
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Playa Grande Formation (Maiquetía member) at W-23, north flank of Punta Gorda anticline, Venezuela
Maximum Reported Size: 1.4 mm
References: Weisbord (1964) M; Moore (1964) s?
Comments: Described as a fossil.


Partial List of References

Pilsbry, H. A. and C. G. Aguayo. 1933. Marine and freshwater mollusks new to the fauna of Cuba Nautilus 46 116-123, pl. 6. [Stated date: -- Apr 1933.]
Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]

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