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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Ellobioidea: Ellobiidae

Ellobium dominicense (Férussac, 1821)


Range: 29°N to 25.02°S; 90°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 0 m (live 0 to 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27  mm

Synonymy

Ellobium auricula auct. non Bruguière, 1789
Auricula dominicensis Férussac, 1821
Auricula pellucens Menke, 1828
Auriculastra pellucens (Menke, 1828) 
Auriculus pellucens (Menke, 1828) 
Conovulus pellucens (Menke, 1828) 
Autonoe riparia Guppy, 1868
Melampus riparium (Guppy, 1868) 

Details


Auricula dominicensis Férussac, 1821,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 29°N to 25°S; 90°W to 45°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Zulia; Haiti, Guyana, French Guiana, Surinam
References: Martin (1996) TDdLlNSEWM

Ellobium auricula auct. non Bruguière, 1789, 
[Not available]
References: Martin (1996) s
Comments: Misidentification by Emerson & Jacobson (1976).

Auricula pellucens Menke, 1828, p. 78
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Menke (1830)
Type Locality: prope Demerary, in America meridionale
Range: 28°N to 25.02°S; 89°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 m
Maximum Reported Size: 27 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Yucatan State; Cuba: Havana Province; Guadeloupe, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil: Alagoas, Sao Paulo
References: Marcus & Marcus (1965b) S; Martins (1996) s
Combining Genera:  Auriculastra Auriculus Conovulus

Autonoe riparia Guppy, 1868, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Trinidad & Tobago: Trinidad
References: Martin (1996) s
Combining Genera:  Melampus


Partial List of References

Menke, K. T. 1828. Synopsis methodica Molluscorum  xii + 91 pp. Author: Pyrmont. [True date: post Feb.]

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