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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Onchidoridoidea: Polyceridae

Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880


Range: 41.5°N to 23.7°S; 84.5°W to 44°W
Depth: 0 to 5.5 m (live 0 to 1.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6  mm

Synonymy

Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880
Polycerella davenportii Balch, 1899
Polycerella conyna Er. Marcus, 1957
Polycerella recondita Schmekel, 1965

Details


Polycerella emertoni A. E. Verrill, 1880c, p. 387-388
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Wood's Hole, New Haven or Newport
Range: 41.5°N to 23°S; 84.5°W to 44°W
Depth: 0 m (live 0 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Florida: East Florida; Cuba: Pinar del Rio
References: Verrill (1880) dNM; Mikkelsen et al. (1995) {W}; Espinosa et al. (2006) W

Polycerella comyna sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for conyna by Franz (1968); Sabelli et al. (1990).

Polycerella conyma sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 37.2°N to 37.3°N; 76.5°W
Distribution: USA: Virginia
Comments: Error for conyna by Wass (1972: 128).

Polycerella conyna Er. Marcus, 1957, p. 429-432, figs. 104-110
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Ubatuba, northern coast of the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Range: 39°N to 23.7°S; 80.2°W to 45°W
Depth: 0 to 1.5 m (live 0 to 1.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 3.3 mm
Distribution: USA: New Jersey, Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Venezuela: Anzoategui; Brazil: Sao Paulo
References: Er. Marcus (1957) DLSE{M}; Marcus & Marcus (1960a) {N}W; Franz (1968) NM; Er. Marcus & Ev. Marcus (1970) DL

Polycerella davenportii Balch, 1899, 
[Synonym]
Range: 40.9°N ; 73.5°W
Depth: 5.5 m
Distribution: USA: New York
References: Franz & Clark (1972) s

Polycerella recondita Schmekel, 1965, 
[Synonym]


Partial List of References

Marcus, E. 1957. On Opisthobranchia from Brazil (2) Journal of the Linnean Society of London 43 390-486. [Stated date: 29 Nov 1957.]
Verrill, A. E. 1880. Notice of recent additions to the marine Invertebrata, of the northeastern coast of America, with descriptions of new genera and species and critical remarks on others Proceedings of the United States National Museum 3 356-405.

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