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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Eulimoidea: Eulimidae

Melanella hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900)


Range: 32.3°N to 20.7°S; 95°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 15 to 525 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8  mm

Synonymy

Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900
Polygireulima hypsela (Verrill & Bush, 1900) 

Details


Eulima hypsela Verrill & Bush, 1900, p. 526, pl. 64, fig. 9
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Bermuda
Range: 32.3°N to 20.7°S; 95°W to 29.3°W
Depth: 15 to 525 m
Maximum Reported Size: 8 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; USA: Texas; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Cuba: North Matanzas; Brazil: Vitoria-Trindade Seamounts, Trindade Island
References: Verrill & Bush (1900) M; Pilsbry & Aguayo (1933) {W}; Odé (1989a) dW; Leal (1991b) D{d}SE; Fernández Milera (1998)
Comments: 25°N in Florida; the specimen illustrated by Díaz & Puyana (1994) is a juvenile columbellid.
Combining Genera:  Polygireulima

Melanella hypsella sic, 
[Not available]
Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas
Comments: Error for hypsela by Fernández Milera (1998).


Partial List of References

Verrill, A. E. and K. J. Bush. 1900. Additions to the marine Mollusca of the Bermudas Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 10 513-544, pls. 63-66. [Stated date: -- Sep 1900.]

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