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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Mitrella dichroa (Sowerby I, 1844)


Range: 28°N to 28°S; 94°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m (live 0 to 8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 8.5  mm

Synonymy

Mitrella argus auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842
Columbella dichroa Sowerby I, 1844
Nitidella dichroa (Sowerby I, 1844) 
Colombella orphia Duclos, 1846
Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847
Columbella schrammi Petit, 1853
Nitidella elegans Dall, 1871

Details


Columbella dichroa Sowerby I, 1844a, p. 129[bis]-130[bis], pl. 40, fig. 168-169
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Vincents
Range: 27.3°N to 23.5°S; 86.8°W to 45.1°W
Depth: 0 to 8 m (live 0 to 8 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Colombia, Puerto Rico; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Dautzenberg (1900) {S}; Ekdale (1974) W; Lyons (1989b) clNM; Carvalho Lopes & Schaeffer-Novelli (1992) SE
Combining Genera:  Nitidella

Mitrella argus auct. non d'Orbigny, 1842, 
[Not available]
Range: 28°N to 28°S; 90.5°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 2 to 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.5 mm
Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela: unlocalized; Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina
References: Princz (1982a); Mello & Perrier (1986) DdE; Lyons (1989b) s
Comments: Misidentification.

Nitidella elegans Dall, 1871b, p. 116
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Panama
Maximum Reported Size: 7.1 mm
Distribution: Panama
References: Dall (1871b) M; Radwin (1978) s

Colombella orphia Duclos, 1846, 
[Synonym]
References: Radwin (1978) s

Nitidella parva sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for parvula by Abbott (1974).

Buccinum parvulum Dunker, 1847, p. 64, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ind. occid.? [West Indies?]
Range: 25°N to 13°N; 94°W to 59.6°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7.6 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Barbados
References: Maury (1922)
Comments: Some authors treat Mitrella parvula as Eastern Atlantic only, e.g. Knudsen (1956); Kaicher (1984b: 3795).

Columbella schrammi Petit, 1853e, p. 364-365, pl. 12, fig. 3-4
[Synonym]
Type Locality: à la extrémité nord de la Grande-Baie (Pointe-à-Pitre), Guadeloupe
Range: 16.3°N ; 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Guadeloupe
References: Petit (1853e) NSEWM


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1871. Descriptions of sixty new forms of mollusks from the west coast of North America and the north Pacific Ocean, with notes on others already described American Journal of Conchology 7 93-160, pls. 13-16. [Stated date: 02 Nov 1871.]
Dunker, [W.] 1847. Diagnoses Buccinorum quorundam novorum Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 4 59-64. [Stated date: -- Apr 1847.]
Petit de la Saussaye, S. 1853. Description de coquilles nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 4 360-369, pls. 11-12.
Sowerby, G. B., I. 1844. Monograph of the genus Columbella Thesaurus Conchyliorum 1 109[bis]-146[bis], pls. 36-40 [True date: pre 11 Apr.]

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