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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pyramidelloidea: Odostomiinae

Eulimastoma engonium (Bush, 1885)


Range: 35.34°N to 22.4°S; 97.3°W to 38.7°W
Depth: 0 to 366 m (live 3 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.1  mm

Synonymy

Odostomia engonia Bush, 1885
Odostomia teres Bush, 1885
Eulimastoma weberi auct. non Morrison, 1965

Details


Odostomia engonia Bush, 1885a, p. 466
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras, 15-16 fathoms and Beaufort, North Carolina [Beaufort, North Carolina, by lectotype designation of Pimenta & Absalao (2004b)]
Range: 35.34°N to 22.4°S; 97°W to 38.7°W
Depth: 0 to 366 m (live 3 to 27 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.1 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Georgia, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Texas; ABC Islands: Aruba; Brazil: Para, Maranhao, Bahia, Espirito Santo
References: Bush (1885a) LNM; C. W. Johnson (1934) D; Moore (1958a) W; Miller (1983) d; Lyons (1989b) c; Odé (1994b); Mikkelsen et al. (1995) l; Pimenta & Absalao (2004b) SET
Comments: Bush's (1885a) measurement of 6.5 mm should be 6.1 mm according to Pimenta & Absalao (2004b) who reexamined her material.

Odostomia engonia var. teres Bush, 1885a, p. 467, pl. 45, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Off Cape Hatteras [USFC sta. 2276 (Johnson 1989)]
Range: 35.34°N to 11°N; 97.3°W to 69°W
Depth: 0 to 360 m (live 11 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Colombia
References: Bush (1885a) NM; Odé & Speers (1972f) d; Lyons (1989b) l; Díaz & Puyana (1994) DSM; Odé (1994b) W; Pimenta & Absalao (2004b) s

Eulimastoma weberi auct. non Morrison, 1965, 
[Not available]
References: Pimenta & Absalao (2004b) s
Comments: Misidentification by Absalao et al. (1996).


Partial List of References

Bush, K. J. 1885. Additions to the shallow-water Mollusca of Cape Hatteras, N.C., dredged by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross,' in 1883 and 1884 Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6 453-480, pl. 45.

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