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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium albidum (d'Orbigny, 1842)


Range: 34.5°N to 35°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28  mm

Synonymy

Scalaria fragilis auct. non Hanley, 1840
Scalaria albida d'Orbigny, 1842
Scalaria ligata C. B. Adams, 1850
Scala angusta Mörch, 1875
Scala gradatella Mörch, 1875
Scala quindecimcostata Mörch, 1875
Scala undecimcostata Mörch, 1875

Details


Scalaria albida d'Orbigny, 1842b, p. 17, pl. 10 [11], figs. 24-25, 25'
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Cuba
Range: 34.5°N to 35°S; 97°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 366 m
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Texas; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little), New Providence, Cat Island, Inagua (Great or Little); Cuba: Pinar del Rio, North Havana Province, Villa Clara, Cienfuegos; Cayman Islands: Grand Cayman Island; Jamaica, Haiti, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix, Virgin Gorda; Guadeloupe; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: The Grenadines; Barbados, Surinam, Brazil: Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Parana, Santa Catarina; Uruguay
References: Porter (1974) dN; Odé (1971f); J. Andrews (1977) D; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Sunderland (1989a) M; Espinosa & Garces (1990b); Fernández Milera (1998); Fallon (2008)
Comments: As abbida, an original misspelling, in the plate caption.

Scala eburnea var.? angusta Mörch, 1875b, p. 149, [d'Orbigny 1842b, pl. 20, figs. 24-25]
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Cuba

Scalaria fragilis auct. non Hanley, 1840, 
[Not available]
Range: 23.15°N to 12.3°N; 82.3°W to 61.3°W
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Sowerby II (1873a) SE; Arango (1880) NW; Usticke (1959) M
Comments: Misidentification by Sowerby II (1844, 1873a); E. A. Smith's (1890b: 273) record from St. Helena needs confirmation.

Scala gradatella Mörch, 1875a, p. 259, [Mörch (1876c) pl. 29, fig. 11]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N ; 65°W
Maximum Reported Size: 11.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas
References: Mörch (1875a) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1951) s

Scalaria ligata C. B. Adams, 1850c, p. 67, Not figured
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 18°N ; 77°W
Maximum Reported Size: 6.4 mm
Distribution: Jamaica
References: C. B. Adams (1850c) NSEWM; Clench & Turner (1951) s

Scala quindecimcostata Mörch, 1875a, p. 258
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N to 17.8°N; 65°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 12 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s; Usticke (1959) SEM

Scala undecimcostata Mörch, 1875a, p. 260
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas; Jamaica
Range: 18.3°N to 17.8°N; 77°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 10.25 mm
Distribution: Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix
References: Mörch (1875a) NM; Clench & Turner (1952) s; Usticke (1959) SE


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 4 56-68. [Stated date: -- Jan 1850.]
d'Orbigny, A. 1842. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 2 1-112, pls. 10-21?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1842.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis familiae Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Oversigt over Vestindiens Scalarier Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn ?? 250-268. [Stated date: 27 May 1875.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis molluscorum marinorum Indiarum occidentalium Malakozoologische Blätter 22 142-184.

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