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Gastropoda: : Triphoroidea: Cerithiopsidae

Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson, 1885


Range: 35°N to 18.2°N; 75°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5  mm

Synonymy

Cerithiopsis pulchella Jeffreys, 1858
Cyrbasia pulchella (Jeffreys, 1858) 
Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson, 1885

Details


Cerithiopsis jeffreysi Watson, 1885, p. 90-91
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Not stated [Falmouth, Plymouth and Guernsey]
Range: 31°N
Comments: Replacement name for C. pulchellum Jeffreys, 1858, non C. B. Adams, 1850.

Cerithiopsis pulchella Jeffreys, 1858, p. 129, pl. 5, figs. 8a-c
[Objective synonym of valid name]
Type Locality: Falmouth, Plymouth and Guernsey
Range: 35°N to 18.2°N; 75°W to 0°W
Maximum Reported Size: 2.5 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina; Puerto Rico
References: Jeffreys (1858) M; Dall & Simpson (1901) S; Porter (1974) N; Fretter & Graham (1982) E
Comments: Non C. B. Adams, 1850.
Combining Genera:  Cyrbasia


Partial List of References

Jeffreys, J. G. 1858. Gleanings in British Conchology Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)2 117-133, pl. 5.
Watson, R. B. 1885. On the Cerithiopsides from the eastern side of the North Atlantic, with three new species from Madeira Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 19 89-95, pl. 4. [Stated date: -- Aug 1885.]

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