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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Cavoliniidae

Diacria danae Leyen & van der Spoel, 1982


Range: 45°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1234 m (live 10 to 169 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Diacria quadridentata auct. non Blainville, 1821
Hyalaea intermedia Sowerby II, 1877
Hyalaea minuta Sowerby II, 1877
Hyalaea pygmaea Boas, 1886
Diacria danae Leyen & van der Spoel, 1982

Details


Diacria danae Leyen & van der Spoel, 1982, p. 109-117, [van der Spoel 1968, figs. 1a-c, 4]
[Basis of the current name]
Attributed to: van der Spoel (1968)
Type Locality: Dana Expedition sta. 3860 vii, 2°57'S, 99°36'E
Range: 45°N to 32°S; 97°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 1.85 mm
Distribution: Oceanic
References: Leyen & van der Spoel (1982) vNSEWM
Comments: Infrasubspecific name in van der Spoel (1968, 1969, 1971, 1976).

Hyalaea intermedia Sowerby II, 1877,  pl. 2, fig. 10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown

Hyalaea minuta Sowerby II, 1877,  pl. 2, fig. 9
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Unknown

Cleodora pygmaea Boas, 1886, p. 84, 204-205, pl. 4, fig. 50, 57, 57bis(a-c); pl. 5, fig. 90
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Indian and Pacific Ocean
Maximum Reported Size: 3.2 mm
References: Boas (1886) M

Diacria quadridentata auct. non Blainville, 1821, 
[Not available]
Range: 45°N to 35°S; 97°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 1234 m (live 10 to 169 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Bermuda, Cuba; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Sombrero Island, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas; Oceanic
References: Pelseneer (1888) D; Leal Rodríguez (1965); Chen & Bé (1964) l; Bé & Gilmer (1977) L{l}NSEW; Odé (1991b) {D}dM; Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998)
Comments: Misidentification; Leyen & van der Spoel (1982) restricted Diacria quadridentata Blainville, 1821 to the Indo-West Pacific.

Hyalaea quadrispinosa sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for quadridentata by d'Orbigny (1834: 85).


Partial List of References

Boas, J. E. V. 1886. Spolia Atlantica. Bidrag til Pteropodernes, Morfologi og Systematik samt til Kundskaben om deres geografiske Udbredelse Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, Naturvidenskabelig og Mathematisk Afdeling (6)4 1-231, pls. 1-8.
Leyen, A. van and S. van der Spoel, S. 1982. A new taxonomic and zoogeographic interpretation of the Diacria quadridentata group (Mollusca, Pteropoda) Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum Universiteit van Amsterdam 8 101-119. [Stated date: 22 Jan 1982.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1877. Monograph of the genus Pteropoda Conchologia Iconica 20 pls. 1-6

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