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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella eulimoides (C. B. Adams, 1850)


Range: 35°N to 20.7°S; 93.6°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 0.6 to 94 m (live 0.6 to 94 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16  mm

Synonymy

Rissoa eulimoides C. B. Adams, 1850
Eulima gibba auct. non Folin, 1867

Details


Rissoa eulimoides C. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 115, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 28°N to 20.7°S; 83°W to 32.22°W
Depth: 0.6 to 94 m (live 0.6 to 94 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 16 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Panama, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Andros; Cayman Islands: Cayman Brac; Jamaica, Brazil: Vitoria-Trindade Seamounts
References: Lyons (1977b) WM; Leal (1991b) LSE
Comments: Lyons (1977b) 28°N in Florida.

Eulima gibba auct. non Folin, 1867, 
[Not available; synonymy uncertain]
Range: 35°N to 21°N; 93.6°W to 76°W
Depth: 18 to 91 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, Louisiana, Texas
References: Maury (1922) S{W}; Odé (1989a) DdWM
Comments: Misidentification; Eastern Pacific according to Jong & Coomans (1988).


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 7 109-123. [Stated date: -- Apr 1850.]

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