Chemnitzia dubiad'Orbigny, 1840, p. 398, [d'Orbigny 1842b, pl. 17, fig. 4, 6] [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: baie de Rio de Janeiro, Brésil; Antilles [Jamaïque, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint-Thomas, Cuba (d'Orbginy 1841)] Range: 35°N to 28°S; 91°W to 38°W Depth: 0 to 73 m Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Colombia, Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba: North Havana Province, Villa Clara; Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Guadeloupe, Martinique, Brazil: Para, Abrolhos Islands, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina References: d'Orbigny (1840) M; Arango (1880); Waller (1973) d; Simone (2001b) M; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a); García & Lee (2004); Fernández-Garcés (2006a) Comments: Rios (1975, 1985, 1994) lists this species in both Finella and Turbonilla. Combining Genera: Alabina Obtortio Turbonilla
Alaba cerithidioidesDall, 1889a, p. 258 [Synonym] Type Locality: from Hatteras southward Range: 34.5°N to 9.4°N; 97°W to 64.8°W Depth: 16 to 805 m Maximum Reported Size: 4.25 mm Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Texas; Mexico: Campeche Bank, Quintana Roo; Panama, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: Dall (1889a) M; Dall (1927b) DN; Usticke (1959) EM; Radwin (1969) S; Porter (1974) d; J. Andrews (1977) W Combining Genera: Alabina Bittium
Bittium cerithioides sic, [Not available] Comments: Error for cerithidioides by Lange de Morretes (1949).
Cerithidea turrita auct. non Stearns, 1873, [Not available] Range: 21.4°N ; 97.5°W Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz References: García-Cubas (1971) NSEW; Rosenberg (herein) s Comments: Misidentification by García-Cubas (1971, pl. 10, fig. 2).
Melania turritellaPfeiffer, 1840, p. 254, Not figured [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste (Pfeiffer 1839: 349), Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)] Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 4.9 mm Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEWM; A. Adams (1855f); Faber (2004e) s Comments: Non Nyst, 1836. Faber (2004e) designated a lectotype, but the specimens in the supposed type lot are too broad to match the description. The material in the supposed type lot is Alabina dubia, but the description might apply instead to a Turbonilla. Combining Genera: Chemnitzia Parthenia
Alabina venezuelanaWeisbord, 1962, p. 188-189, pl. 16, figs. 9-10 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Mare formation at W-14, on hillside above west bank of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela Maximum Reported Size: 1 mm References: Weisbord (1962) M; J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) s?
Bittiolum cerithidioides f. warmkeanaUsticke, 1969, p. 12, [Usticke 1971, pl. 1, fig. 373; ?Warmke & Abbott 1961, pl. 13, fig. b] [Synonym] Type Locality: Altona Bay, St. Croix [by lectotype designation of Usticke (1971), see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001)] Range: 18°N to 17°N; 66°W to 61.8°W Maximum Reported Size: 4.25 mm Distribution: Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Antigua, Barbados References: Usticke (1969) NSEW; Usticke (1971) TM; Faber (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) Comments: Also listed as a subspecies by Usticke, therefore available under ICZN article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a). Combining Genera: Alabina
Partial List of References
d'Orbigny, A. 1840. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 377-424, pls. 53, 67, 70-71. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1840.] Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.] Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261. Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix 32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.] Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]
