Range: 18°N to 9.4°N; 82.76°W to 63°W Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Synonymy
Pleurotoma elatior C. B. Adams, 1845 Crassispira adamsi Jong & Coomans, 1988
Details
Pleurotoma elatiorC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 4, Not figured [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N to 9.4°N; 82.76°W to 64.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 4.8 mm Distribution: Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Croix References: C. B. Adams (1845) NM{E}; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Robinson & Montoya (1987) W; Jong & Coomans (1988) s
Crassispira adamsiJong & Coomans, 1988, p. 111 [Objective synonym of valid name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 63°W Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm Distribution: St. Martin/St. Maarten References: Jong & Coomans (1988) NSEWM Comments: Unnecessary new name for Pleurotoma elatior C. B. Adams, 1845, non d'Orbigny, 1847; Jong & Coomans dated d'Orbigny's name from 1842.
Partial List of References
Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.] Jong, K. M. de and H. E. Coomans. 1988. Marine gastropods from Curaçao, Aruba and Bonaire Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 69 1-261, 47 pls.
