Range: 22°N to 22°S; 97.7°W to 0°W Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Synonymy
Turbonilla levis auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850 Chemnitzia abrupta (Bush, 1899) Turbonilla abrupta Bush, 1899 Turbonilla gracilis Clessin, 1900
Details
Turbonilla abruptaBush, 1899, p. 168, pl. 8, fig. 4 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: St. Thomas Range: 22°N to 22°S; 97.7°W to 44°W Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm Distribution: Mexico: Veracruz, Tabasco, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Brazil: Rio de Janeiro References: Bush (1899) M; Odé & Speers (1972a); García-Cubas (1971) W; Princz (1982a); Rios (1985) SE; Jong & Coomans (1988) s (of ^T. levis^); Absalao & Pimenta (1999) vT Comments: Non Clessin, 1900. Combining Genera: Chemnitzia
Turbonilla gracilisClessin, 1900, p. 164, pl. 29, fig. 3 [Synonym] Type Locality: Cuba Range: 20°N to 23°N Maximum Reported Size: 3.5 mm Distribution: Cuba References: Clessin (1900) NSM Comments: Holotype of T. gracilis Clessin (ZMB 54684) is conspecific with holotype of T. abrupta Bush (ANSP 79012) (Rosenberg herein 12 May 1999); non Auricula gracilis Grateloup, 1827 nec Turritella gracilis Deshayes, 1832.
Turbonilla levis auct. non C. B. Adams, 1850, [Not available] References: Absalao & Pimenta (1999) s Comments: Misidentification; the paralectotype of T. levis, illustrated by Clench & Turner (1950:403) is not conspecific with the lectotype, fide Pimenta & Absalao (1999).
Partial List of References
Bush, K. J. 1899. Descriptions of new species of Turbonilla of the Western Atlantic fauna, with notes on those previously known Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 51 145-177, pl. 8. Clessin, S. 1900. Die Familie der Eulimidae Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet 1(28) 41-224, pl. 10-36.
