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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Caecidae

Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868


Range: 34.42°N to 13°S; 97°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m (live 42 to 101 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2  mm

Synonymy

Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868
Meioceras tenerum Folin, 1869

Details


Meioceras cubitatum Folin, 1868a, p. 50-51, pl. 5, fig. 4
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Baie de Bahia, Brazil
Range: 34.42°N to 13°S; 97°W to 38.5°W
Depth: 0 to 183 m (live 42 to 101 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: South of Dry Tortugas, Florida, Louisiana, Texas; Colombia, Brazil: Para, Bahia
References: Folin (1868a) SEM; Porter (1974) N (UNC-IMS #8360); Rios (1975) d; Odé (1988b) LlW; Lightfoot (1992b)

Meioceras tenerum Folin, 1869a, p. 30-31, fig. 12
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Depth: 6 m
Maximum Reported Size: 1.8 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: Folin (1869a) M; Folin (1875) DdNSEW


Partial List of References

Folin, L. de. 1868. Baie de Bahia Les Fonds de la Mer 1 48-51, pl. 5 Savy: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1868.]
Folin, L. de. 1869. Le genre Meioceras Annales de la Société Linnéenne du Département de Maine-et-Loire 11 17-31, 1 pl. [True date: -- --- 1869.]

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