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Gastropoda: : Epitonioidea: Epitoniidae

Epitonium krebsii (Mörch, 1875)


Range: 35°N to 24°S; 90.5°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 294 m
Maximum Reported Size: 19  mm

Synonymy

Scala krebsii Mörch, 1875
Scala swiftii Mörch, 1875
Scalaria bulbulus Mörch, 1876
Scala contorquata Dall, 1889

Details


Scala krebsii Mörch, 1875a, p. 252, [Mörch (1876c) pl. 29, figs. 1-2]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 35°N to 24°S; 90.5°W to 36°W
Depth: 0 to 293 m
Maximum Reported Size: 18 mm
Distribution: USA: North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys, Dry Tortugas; Mexico: Campeche State, Yucatan State, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Bahamas: Bimini; Cuba: North Havana Province; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix; Anguilla, St. Martin/St. Maarten, Antigua; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Barbados, Brazil: Para, Ceara, Rio Grande do Norte, Alagoas, Abrolhos Islands, Sao Paulo
References: Houbrick (1968) d; Porter (1974) N; Princz (1982a)

Scalaria bulbulus Mörch, 1876, 
[Not available]
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s
Comments: In synonymy of Scala swiftii.

Epitonium contarquatum sic, 
[Not available]
Comments: Error for contorquatum by Johnson (1934).

Scala contorquata Dall, 1889a, p. 318, pl. 18, fig. 9
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Blake sta. 248, off Grenada
Range: 17.8°N to 12.04°N; 64.8°W to 61.79°W
Depth: 294 m
Maximum Reported Size: 4.7 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Croix; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada
References: Dall (1889a) DdSE; Clench & Turner (1951) s; Usticke (1959) NW

Scala swiftii Mörch, 1875a, p. 253-254, [Mörch (1876c) pl. 29, fig. 3]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. Thomas
Range: 18.3°N to 17.7°N; 65°W to 64.9°W
Maximum Reported Size: 19 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. Thomas, St. Croix
References: Clench & Turner (1951) s; Usticke (1959) SEM


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. 1889. Reports on the results of dredgings, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico (1877-78) and in the Caribbean Sea (1879-80), by the U. S. Coast Survey Steamer 'Blake,' Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 18 1-492, pls. 10-40. [Stated date: 08 Jun 1889.]
Mörch, O. A. L. 1875. Synopsis familiae Scalidarum Indiarum occidentalium. Oversigt over Vestindiens Scalarier Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den Naturhistoriske Forening i Kjöbenhavn ?? 250-268. [Stated date: 27 May 1875.]

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