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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Doridoidea: Discodorididae

Platydoris angustipes (Mörch, 1863)


Range: 24.7°N to 13°S; 84.5°W to 32.4°W
Depth: 0 to 73 m (live 0 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 150  mm

Synonymy

Doris angustipes Mörch, 1863
Platydoris alaleta Bergh, 1877
Platydoris rubra K. White, 1952

Details


Doris (Argus) angustipes Mörch, 1863a, p. 32
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 24.7°N to 13°S; 84.5°W to 32.4°W
Depth: 0 to 12 m (live 0 to 12 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 150 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Dry Tortugas; Mexico: unlocalized; Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama; ABC Islands: Aruba; Turks and Caicos, Cuba: Pinar del Rio; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; St. Martin/St. Maarten, St. Barthelemy/St. Bartholomew, Barbuda, Antigua, Martinique, St. Lucia; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Pernambuco, Bahia
References: Er. Marcus (1957) dlS; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) N{EW}; Hess & Abbott (1994) {DL}; García, Troncoso & Domínguez (2002) DLE{M}; Espinosa et al. (2006) W; Valdés et al. (2006) M

Platydoris angustipes var. alaleta Bergh, 1877, p. 505, pl. 58, figs. 13-18
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix
Range: 17.8°N ; 64.7°W
Maximum Reported Size: 25 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Bergh (1877) NSEWM; Er. Marcus (1957) s

Platydoris rubra K. White, 1952, p. 118
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Between White Shoal and Garden Key, Dry Tortugas, Florida
Range: 24.5°N ; 83°W
Depth: 30 to 73 m (live 30 to 73 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 50 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Dry Tortugas
References: K. White (1952) DdLlNSEWM; Er. Marcus (1957) s


Partial List of References

Bergh, R. 1877. Malacologische Untersuchungen Reisen im Archipel de Philippinen 2(2) 429-546, pls. 54-61 C. W. Kreidel's Verlag: Weisbaden.
Mörch, O. A. L. 1863. Contributions ā la faune malacologique des Antilles danoises Journal de Conchyliologie 11 21-43. [Stated date: -- Jan 1863.]
White, K. M. 1952. On a collection of molluscs from Dry Tortugas, Florida Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 29 106-120, pl. 6. [Stated date: 09 Jan 1952.]

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