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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Volutoidea: Costellariidae

Vexillum exiguum (C. B. Adams, 1845)


Range: 25°N to 22°S; 90.5°W to 33.75°W
Depth: 0 to 128 m (live 10 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 6.9  mm

Synonymy

Mitra exigua C. B. Adams, 1845
Pusiolina exiguum (C. B. Adams, 1845) 
Mitra hanleyi Dohrn, 1861
Mitraria hanleyi (Dohrn, 1861) 
Mitra roseocaudata Sowerby II, 1874
Mitra antiguensis Usticke, 1969
Mitra minuta Usticke, 1969

Details


Mitra exigua C. B. Adams, 1845, p. 2, Not figured
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Jamaica
Range: 25°N to 22°S; 82.58°W to 33.75°W
Depth: 0 to 128 m (live 10 to 20 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida; Costa Rica, Colombia, Jamaica, Brazil: Amapa, Rio de Janeiro
References: C. B. Adams (1845) {W}; Cernohorsky (1978a) DdN; Díaz et al. (1990) Ll; Leal (1991b) SE; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Espinosa & Ortea (2001a) W
Combining Genera:  Pusiolina

Mitra antiguaensis sic, 
[Not available]
Range: 17°N ; 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
References: Cernohorsky (1978a) s
Comments: Misspelling by Usticke (1971).

Mitra hanleyi f. antiguensis Usticke, 1969, p. 20, pl. 4, fig. 911
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Antigua
Range: 17°N ; 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: Antigua
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Cernohorsky (1978a) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a) T
Comments: Also listed by Usticke as a subspecies, therefore available under ICZN Article 45.6.1; see Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a).

Mitra hanleyi Dohrn, 1861, 
[Synonym]
Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 90.5°W to 64.7°W
Depth: 1.5 to 4 m
Maximum Reported Size: 6.9 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida; Mexico: Campeche State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Panama, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: North Matanzas; Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix
References: Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Abbott (1958) d; Usticke (1959) E; Sarasúa (1970); Cernohorsky (1978a) s; Princz (1982a)
Comments: Records from Bermuda need confirmation.
Combining Genera:  Mitraria

Mitra minutus [sic] Usticke, 1969, p. 20, pl. 4, fig. 912
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Beef Is. (Conch Bay), British Virgin Islands [locality of the lectotype according to Boyko & Cordeiro 2001]
Range: 18.5°N to 18.3°N; 65°W to 64.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 4.5 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, Tortola
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Usticke (1971) T; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)
Comments: Non Röding, 1798, nec Micholetti, 1847.

Mitra roseo-caudata Sowerby II, 1874f, p. 27, pl. 379, fig. 655
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Hanley MS
Type Locality: Unknown
Maximum Reported Size: 5 mm
References: Sowerby II (1874f) M; Cernohorsky (1978a) s


Partial List of References

Adams, C. B. 1845. Specierum novarum conchyliorum, in Jamaica repertorum, synopsis Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 2 1-17. [Stated date: -- Jan 1845.]
Sowerby, G. B., II. 1874. A monograph of the genus Mitra Thesaurus Conchyliorum 4 46 pp., pls. 352-379
Usticke, G. W. Nowell. 1969. A Supplementary Listing of New Shells, to be Added to the Check List of the Marine Shells of St. Croix  32 pp., 6 pls. Author: St. Croix. [Stated date: -- Feb 1969.]

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