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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: Neogastropoda: Buccinoidea: Columbellidae

Rhombinella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758)


Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 23 m (live 0.3 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20  mm

Synonymy

Nitidella laevigata (Linnaeus, 1758) 
Buccinum laevigatum Linnaeus, 1758
Columbella concinna Sowerby I, 1822
Columbella alaperdicis Reeve, 1859
Nitidella hendersoni Dall, 1908

Details


Buccinum laevigatum Linnaeus, 1758, p. 741, [Gualt. t. 52, f. C]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: in M[are] Mediterraneo
Range: 32.3°N to 9.4°N; 89.7°W to 59.6°W
Depth: 0 to 23 m (live 0.3 to 1 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 20 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Alacran Reef, Quintana Roo; Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia; ABC Islands: Curacao; Venezuela: Gulf of Venezuela, Isla la Blanquilla; Bermuda, Bahamas: Grand Bahama Island; Jamaica, Puerto Rico; Virgin Islands: St. Croix; Montserrat; St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Mustique, Grenada; Barbados
References: Dautzenberg (1900) D; Olsson & McGinty (1958) dS; J. B. Lewis (1960) E; Vokes & Vokes (1983, original station data) W; Díaz & Puyana (1994) M; Faber (2004) c; Hewitt (2005a)
Comments: 25°N in Florida.
Combining Genera:  Nitidella

Columbella ala-perdicis Reeve, 1859a,  pl. 24, fig. 145
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Unknown
References: Radwin (1977a) s

Columbella concinna Sowerby I, 1822,  pl. 248, fig. 8
[Synonym]
Type Locality: Not stated
Maximum Reported Size: 17 mm
References: Sowerby I (1822) M; Radwin (1977a) s

Nitidella hendersoni Dall, 1908, 
[Synonym]


Partial List of References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae Systema Naturae, 10th ed., vol. 1 824 pp. Laurentii Salvii: Holmiae [Stockholm, Sweden].
Reeve, L. 1859. Monograph of the genus Columbella Conchologia Iconica 11 pls. 1, 24-37
Sowerby, G. B. 1822. The Genera of Recent and Fossil Shells 9  6 pls. G. B. Sowerby: London. [True date: 31 Oct 1822.]

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