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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Pleurobranchoidea: Pleurobranchidae

Pleurobranchus lacteus Dall & Simpson, 1901


Range: 18.3°N to 12.22°N; 69°W to 65.3°W
Depth: 0.2 to 0.2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22  mm

Details


Pleurobranchus lacteus Dall & Simpson, 1901, p. 367, pl. 56, fig. 6
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Ensenada Honda, Culebra
Range: 18.3°N to 12.22°N; 69°W to 65.3°W
Depth: 0.2 m
Maximum Reported Size: 22 mm
Distribution: ABC Islands: Aruba, Curacao; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island
References: Dall & Simpson (1901) NEM; Jong & Coomans (1988) DdSW
Comments: Internal shell 5.5 mm (Jong & Coomans 1988). Nomen dubium according to Ev. Marcus (1984).


Partial List of References

Dall, W. H. and C. T. Simpson. 1901. The Mollusca of Porto Rico U. S. Fisheries Commission Bulletin 20 351-524, pls. 53-58.

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