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Gastropoda: : Naticoidea: Naticidae

Polinices lacteus (Guilding, 1834)


Range: 35°N to 30°S; 96°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 120 m (live 0 to 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40  mm

Synonymy

Nerita nitida Donovan, 1803
Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834
Polynices lacteus (Guilding, 1834) 
Natica ochrostoma Récluz, 1850
Natica pfeifferi Philippi, 1851
Natica puella Philippi, 1852
Natica caribaea Philippi, 1853
Natica rodatzi Schepman, 1901
Natica sanctivincentii Brooks, 1933

Details


Naticina lactea Guilding, 1834,
[Basis of the current name]
Range: 35°N to 30°S; 96°W to 0°W
Depth: 0 to 120 m (live 0 to 64 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 40 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; USA: Louisiana; Mexico: Veracruz, Campeche State, Cayo Arcas, Campeche, Yucatan State, Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Belize; Honduras: Swan Island; Colombia: Offshore islands; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Carabobo, Sucre, Isla Margarita, Los Testigos; Bermuda, Bahamas: Bimini; Cuba: North Havana Province, Archipielago de los Canarreos, North Matanzas, Holguin; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Nevis, Martinique; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Grenada; Brazil: Amapa, Para, Maranhao, Ceara, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina; Ascension Island; Eastern Atlantic: St. Helena
References: Mörch (1877b) W; Dautzenberg (1900); Leal (1991b) DL; Fernández Milera (1998); Macsotay & Campos (2001); Vegas Torres (2004); Hewitt (2005b)
Combining Genera:  Polynices

Natica caribaea Philippi, 1853b, p. 234
[Synonym]
Type Locality: St. John
Range: 18.4°N to 16.5°N; 65°W to 61.5°W
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: St. John, St. Croix, Tortola; Guadeloupe
References: Philippi (1853b) M; Mörch (1877b) NSEW

Nerita nitida Donovan, 1803, 
[Synonym]
Range: 22°N to 14°N; 74°W to 61°W
Distribution: Bahamas, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia
References: Mörch (1877) s; Arango (1880) NSEW

Natica ochrostoma Récluz, 1850b, p. 291, pl. 13, fig. 10
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
Range: 18.4°N ; 64.6°W
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: Virgin Islands: Tortola
References: Récluz (1850b) M; Mörch (1877b) NSEW; Kabat et al. (1997) s

Natica pfeifferi Philippi, 1851a, p. 45, [Conch. Cab. II, pl. 19, fig. 12]
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Mare Antillarum
Maximum Reported Size: 28 mm
References: Philippi (1851a) M

Natica puella Philippi, 1852, 
[Synonym]
Distribution: Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula
References: M. Hollman (pers. comm., 6 April 1998) s

Natica rodatzi Schepman, 1901, 
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Red Sea [in error]
References: Mienis (1992) s
Comments: Non Natica rodatzii Philippi, 1852.

Natica sancti-vincentii Brooks, 1933, p. 413, fig. 1
[Synonym]
Type Locality: West coast of St. Vincent, British West Indies
Range: 13°N ; 61.3°W
Depth: 18 m
Maximum Reported Size: 7 mm
Distribution: St. Vincent & the Grenadines: St. Vincent
References: Brooks (1933) DdNSEWM; Kabat (pers. comm. 3 Dec 1991) s


Partial List of References

Brooks, S. T. 1933. Natica sancti-vincentii, sp. nov. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 21 413. [Stated date: 18 Jan 1933.]
Philippi, R. A. 1851. Centuria quarta testaceorum novorum Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 8 39-48. [Stated date: -- Jul 1851.]
Philippi, R. A. 1853. Descriptiones naticarum quarandum novarum ex collectione Cumingiana Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 19 233-234.
Récluz, C. 1850. Description de natices nouvelles Journal de Conchyliologie 1 379-402, pls. 12-14.

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