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A Database of Western Atlantic Marine Mollusca

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Gastropoda: : Cavolinioidea: Limacinidae

Limacina lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1835)


Range: 44°N to 42°S; 89°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 1234 m (live 10 to 600 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 2  mm

Synonymy

Atlanta lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1835
Spiratella lesueurii (d'Orbigny, 1835) 
Spirialis ventricosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840
Limacina crossei Pelseneer, 1888
Limacina alta Locard, 1897
Limacina depressa Locard, 1897
Limacina minor Locard, 1897

Details


Atlanta lesueurii d'Orbigny, 1835b, p. 177 [1836], pl. 20, figs. 12-15 [1835]
[Basis of the current name]
Type Locality: Atlantic and Pacific 'dans toute la zone tempérée'
Range: 44°N to 42°S; 89°W to 0°W
Depth: 10 to 1234 m (live 10 to 600 m)
Maximum Reported Size: 1 mm
Distribution: USA: Florida: East Florida, West Florida, Florida Keys; Mexico: Quintana Roo; Venezuela: unlocalized; Bermuda, Cuba; Puerto Rico: Culebra Island; Sombrero Island, Brazil: Pernambuco, Alagoas; Oceanic
References: Pelseneer (1888) D; Chen & Bé (1964) dlN; Bé & Gilmer (1977) LSE{lW}; Princz (1982a); Odé (1991a) {d}W; Suárez-Morales & Gasca (1998)
Combining Genera:  Spiratella

Limacina alta Locard, 1897, 
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Nude name.

Limacina crossei Pelseneer, 1888, 
[Synonym]
Attributed to: Vélain MS
References: van der Spoel (1967) s

Limacina depressa Locard, 1897, 
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Nude name.

Limacina minor Locard, 1897, 
[Not available]
References: van der Spoel (1967) s
Comments: Nude name.

Spirialis ventricosa Eydoux & Souleyet, 1840, p. 236-237
[Synonymy uncertain]
Type Locality: Toutes les mers
Maximum Reported Size: 2 mm
References: Eydoux & Souleyet (1840) M; Pelseneer (1888) s; van der Spoel (1967) s?


Partial List of References

d'Orbigny, A. 1835. Mollusques Voyage dans l'Amérique Méridionale 5 49-72, 129-176, pls. 3-8, 17-23, 25, 55. P. Bertrand: Paris. [True date: -- --- 1835.]
Eydoux, F. and F. L. A. Souleyet. 1840. Description sommaire de plusieurs Ptéropodes nouveaux ou imparfaitment connus, destinés à être publiés dans le VOyage de la Bonite Revue Zoologique par la Société Cuvierienne 3 235-239. [Stated date: -- Aug 1840.]

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