Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 97°W to 0°W Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 1.5 to 16 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm
Synonymy
Melania varicosa Pfeiffer, 1840 Eulima incerta d'Orbigny, 1841 Rissoa tervaricosa C. B. Adams, 1845 Rissoa melanura C. B. Adams, 1850 Pseudobittium culliereti Dautzenberg, 1890 Alaba insculpta Weisbord, 1962
Details
Eulima incertad'Orbigny, 1841b, p. 218, pl. 16, figs. 7-9 [Basis of the current name] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 32.3°N to 24°S; 97°W to 32.5°W Depth: 0 to 40 m (live 1.5 to 16 m) Maximum Reported Size: 10 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida; USA: Texas; Mexico: Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Isla Margarita; Bermuda, Bahamas: Abaco (Great or Little); Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo References: Houbrick (1968) d; Lyons (1989b) L; Leal (1991b) {D}E; Mikkelsen et al. (1995) {l}; Simone (2001b) D; Redfern (2001) l; ANSP M Comments: J. Andrews (1977) 28°N in Texas; 15 mm record of Simone (2001) needs confirmation.
Pseudobittium culliereti Dautzenberg, 1890, [Synonymy uncertain] Range: 25°W to 0°W References: Luque et al. (1988) s?
Alaba insculptaWeisbord, 1962, p. 191-192, pl. 16, figs. 1-2 [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Mare formation near W-15, on hillside above west bank of Quebrada Mare Abajo, Venezuela Maximum Reported Size: 4 mm References: Weisbord (1962) M; J. & W. Gibson-Smith (1979) s?
Rissoa (?) melanuraC. B. Adams, 1850f, p. 116, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 20°N to 18°N; 77°W to 65°W Maximum Reported Size: 7.1 mm Distribution: Cuba, Jamaica; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas References: C. B. Adams (1850f) NSWM; Mörch (1876a) E
Rissoa tervaricosaC. B. Adams, 1845, p. 6, Not figured [Synonym] Type Locality: Jamaica Range: 28°N to 23°S; 81.4°W to 14.4°W Depth: 0 to 15 m Maximum Reported Size: 5.7 mm Distribution: USA: Florida: West Florida; Mexico: Veracruz; Colombia: Old Providence Island; Colombia, Cuba: Havana Province; Jamaica, Haiti; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas; Ascension Island References: C. B. Adams (1845) M; E. A. Smith (1890b) E; Dautzenberg (1900) D; Maury (1922) N; Bartsch & Rehder (1939a) {D}W; Lange de Morretes (1949) S; Warmke & Abbott (1961) s; Rosewater (1975)
Melania varicosaPfeiffer, 1840, p. 253, Not figured [Synonymy uncertain] Type Locality: Cuba [Nordküste (Pfeiffer 1839: 349), Matanzas Bay or Cardenas, based on localities cited by Pfeiffer (1854c)] Range: 23°N ; 81.2°W to 81.7°W Maximum Reported Size: 8.7 mm Distribution: Cuba: North Matanzas References: Pfeiffer (1840) NSEWM; Rosenberg (herein) c Comments: Non Troschel, 1837.
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.] Adams, C. B. 1850. Descriptions of supposed new species of marine shells, which inhabit Jamaica Contributions to Conchology 7 109-123. [Stated date: -- Apr 1850.] d'Orbigny, A. 1841. Mollusques Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de l'île de Cuba 1 1-240, pls. 1-10?. Arthus Bertrand: Paris. [Stated date: -- --- 1853; true date: -- --- 1841.] Pfeiffer, L. 1840. Uebersicht der im Januar, Februar und März 1839 auf Cuba gesammelten Mollusken Archiv für Naturgeschichte 6(1) 250-261. Weisbord, N. E. 1962. Late Cenozoic gastropods from northern Venezuela Bulletins of American Paleontology 42(193) 672 pp., 48 pls. [Stated date: 05 Mar 1962.]
