Range: 23°N ; 81.7°W Depth: 0 to 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 3.2 mm
Details
Helix (?) cyclostomoidesPfeiffer, 1840, p. 251, [Pfeiffer 1850, pl. 85, figs. 24-26] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordeküste (Pfeiffer 1839: 349); Matanzas (Pfeiffer 1854c)] Range: 23°N ; 81.7°W Depth: 0 m Maximum Reported Size: 3.2 mm Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas References: Pfeiffer (1840) DdM; Pfeiffer (1852) NSEW Comments: This species has been treated as both terrestrial and marine. Pfeiffer (1840) named it a Helix, but found his specimen(s) at the 'Seestrande'. He later expressed doubt that it was a landsnail (Pfeiffer 1854c: 179). Arango (1880) treated it as the valid name for Adeorbis adamsii and Espinosa et al. (1995) treat it as a valid species of Vitrinella. Tryon (1887, Manual of Conchology), however, treated it as Microphysa and Richardson (1986) placed it in Hojeda (Sagdidae). It is not listed among the Cuban Hojeda by Espinosa & Ortea (1999), and the only Cuban Hojeda with a range that includes Matanzas is Hojeda boothiana (Pfeiffer, 1839) a taxon that Pfeiffer clearly did not consider conspecific with his Helix cyclostomoides.
Partial List of References
Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261.
