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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Conoidea: Mangeliinae

Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953


Range: 29°N to 9.4°N; 94.8°W to 61.8°W
Depth: 20 to 25 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9  mm

Synonymy

Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953
Thelecythara cruzensis Usticke, 1969
Thelecythara borroi Sarasúa, 1975

Details


Thelecythara floridana Fargo, 1953, p. 386-387, pl. 21, fig. 5
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Pliocene of North St. Petersburg, Florida
Range: 29°N to 9.4°N; 94.8°W to 66°W
Depth: 20 to 25 m
Maximum Reported Size: 9 mm
Distribution: USA: Texas; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Carabobo, Miranda
References: Radwin (1969) S; Keen (1971); J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1983) E; Odé (1992a) NW; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M

Thelecythara borroi Sarasúa, 1975, p. 10-12, figs. 6-7
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Marianao, Habana, Cuba
Range: 23°N ; 82.5°W
Depth: 20 to 25 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8.2 mm
Distribution: Cuba: North Havana Province
References: Sarasúa (1975) DdNSEWM

Thelecythara cruzensis Usticke, 1969, p. 28, pl. 6, fig. 1182
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Croix [locality of the lectotype according to Boyko & Cordeiro 2001]
Range: 17.7°N to 17°N; 64.6°W to 61.8°W
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Antigua
References: Usticke (1969) NSEWM; Usticke (1971) T; Faber (1988) s; Boyko & Cordeiro (2001a)


Partial List of References

Fargo, W. G. 1953. Pliocene Mollusca of Southern Florida. Part II. The Pliocene Turridae of Saint Petersburg, Florida Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18 365-409, pls. 16-24 [Stated date: 06 Nov 1953.]
Sarasúa, H. 1975. Nuevos género, subgénero y especies de moluscos marinos neogastrópodos Poeyana 140 1-15. [Stated date: 17 Jan 1975.]
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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