Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 67°W Depth: 1.5 to 6 m (live 2 to 6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Synonymy
Mitra albocincta C. B. Adams, 1845 Mitra gemmata Sowerby II, 1874
Details
Mitra gemmataSowerby II, 1874f, p. 24, pl. 379, fig. 649 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Unknown Range: 25°N to 9.4°N; 92°W to 67°W Depth: 1.5 to 6 m (live 2 to 6 m) Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm Distribution: Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Cuba: unlocalized; Jamaica, Puerto Rico References: Sowerby II (1874f) M; Olsson & McGinty (1958) S; Warmke & Abbott (1961) E; Abbott (1958) d; Rice & Kornicker (1962) {W}; Sarasúa (1970); Princz (1982a); Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Cernohorsky (1978a) s? (of ^V. albocinctum)
Mitra albo-cinctaC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 2, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 18°N ; 77°W Maximum Reported Size: 5.1 mm Distribution: Jamaica References: C. B. Adams (1845) EM Comments: Vexillum albocinctum has priority over V. gemmatum if the synonymy suggested by Cernohorsky (1978a) is correct. Cernohorsky was not sure of the type status of the material of V. albocinctum that he found at the Natural History Museum (London), but C. B. Adams is known to have traded material widely and other of his type specimens are known to be in London (e.g., Jamaican land snails). The name V. gemmatum is retained here, however, as the name V. albocinctum is ambiguous, because Clench & Turner (1950) illustrated an incorrect specimen as its type, leading people to confuse it with V. histrio. It has also been confused with V. moniliferum.
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
