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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Rissooidea: Elachisinidae

Elachisina floridana (Rehder, 1943)


Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 97.75°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m (live 0.5 to 0.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.4  mm

Synonymy

Cingula floridana (Rehder, 1943) 
Microdochus floridanus Rehder, 1943

Details


Microdochus floridanus Rehder, 1943a, p. 193-194, pl. 20, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Bonefish Key, Fla. [in error; actually Missouri Key, see Rehder (1943b)]
Range: 32.3°N to 23°S; 97.75°W to 34.9°W
Depth: 0 to 101 m (live 0.5 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2.4 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Campeche State, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Panama, Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island, Abaco (Great or Little); Puerto Rico, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas, Rio de Janeiro
References: Rehder (1943a) NM; Rehder (1943b) d; García-Cubas (1971) W; Mello & Perrier (1986) E; Odé (1986c) D; Redfern (2001) Ll
Comments: Rehder (1943a) 24.7°N in Florida; García-Cubas (1982) illustrates a Tricolia, which makes Mexican records suspect.
Combining Genera:  Cingula


Partial List of References

Rehder, H. A. 1943. New marine mollusks from the Antillean region Proceedings of the United States National Museum 93(3161) 187-203, pls. 19-20.

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